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Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify  —  In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” …

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  • r/technology r on reddit
    Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
  • @anthonyha Anthony Ha on bluesky
    I was nervous about interviewing Jill Lepore but it turned out to be a lot of fun techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/h...  [images]
  • @socialmedialab.ca @socialmedialab.ca on bluesky
    “...tech companies are increasingly replacing the functions of democratic government.  This shift, she (historian Jill Lepore) said, marks “a return to tyranny and mystification in the form of rule by algorithms, corporations, machines.” techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/h...