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Trump Damaged Democracy, Silicon Valley Will Finish It Off

‘Brain Hacking’

Donald Trump’s rise is, in a sense, just one symptom of the damage the tech oligarchs are doing to America.

Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin
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Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin

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