Jacob Silverman – författare

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world’s richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the “woke mind virus” has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that’s already underway.We meet the billionaires funding life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine the populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic norms. And we enter the strange, darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where libertarian dreams meet authoritarian impulses, and where the people with the most influence over our lives are the least accountable.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that’s rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A smart, savvy road map through the mayhem of the cryptocurrency madness.”—Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alexander HamiltonFrom “one of the crypto industry’s unlikely but most prominent critics” (Washington Post), an entertaining and well-researched account of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency.At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he—despite a degree in economics—didn’t entirely understand. Lured in by grandiose, utopian promises, and sure, a little bit of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, “Am I crazy, or is this all a total scam?”In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an investigative adventure into crypto and its remarkable crash. Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto “visionaries,” Hollywood’s biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government operatives, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of irresponsibility and criminal fraud. Based on original reporting across the country and abroad, including interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried, Tether cofounder Brock Pierce, Celsius’s Alex Mashinsky, and more, this is the book on cryptocurrency you’ve been waiting for.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the woke mind virus has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that's already underway.We meet the billionaires funding life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine the populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic norms. And we enter the strange, darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where libertarian dreams meet authoritarian impulses, and where the people with the most influence over our lives are the least accountable.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that's rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world’s richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires, people who own the very information infrastructure our societies rely on, and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the "woke mind virus" has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that began online but is now stretching into every corner of our lives.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that seeks to ensure a radicalized republican future is the only one available, often fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world’s richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the “woke mind virus” has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that’s already underway.We meet the billionaires funding life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine the populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic norms. And we enter the strange, darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where libertarian dreams meet authoritarian impulses, and where the people with the most influence over our lives are the least accountable.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that’s rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the woke mind virus has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that's already underway.We meet the billionaires funding life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine the populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic norms. And we enter the strange, darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where libertarian dreams meet authoritarian impulses, and where the people with the most influence over our lives are the least accountable.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that's rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world’s richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires, people who own the very information infrastructure our societies rely on, and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the "woke mind virus" has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that began online but is now stretching into every corner of our lives.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that seeks to ensure a radicalized republican future is the only one available, often fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

UN RELATO AMENO Y BIEN DOCUMENTADO DEL ASCENSO Y LA CAÍDA DE LAS CRIPTOMONEDAS ESCRITO POR «UNO DE LOS CRÍTICOS MÁS IMPROBABLES, PERO MÁS DESTACADOS DEL SECTOR DE LAS CRIPTOMONEDAS» (THE WASHINGTON POST).En el apogeo de la pandemia, Ben McKenzie, la estrella de la televisión, era el emblema perfecto para las criptomonedas: un padre encerrado en casa con algo de dinero en el bolsillo, preocupado por su familia, armado sólo con la vaga noción de que la gente estaba ganando carretadas de dinero con algo que él (a pesar de tener un grado en económicas) no entendía por completo. Atraído por unas promesas grandilocuentes yutópicas y, ciertamente, por miedo a perderse algo, McKenzie se sumergió de cabeza en el blockchain (las cadenas de bloques), el bitcoin y las muchas otras monedas y mercados en los que se negocian. Pero después de profundizar en aquel mundo, tuvo que preguntarse: «¿Estoy loco o todo esto no es más que un enorme timo?».En Dinero fácil, McKenzie, con la ayuda del periodista Jacob Silverman, lleva a cabo una aventura de investigación sobre las criptomonedas y su extraordinario crac. Entrelazando historias de agentes de bolsa y víctimas, de visionarios extravagantes de las criptomonedas, de los más fervientes creyentes de Hollywood, de los críticos contrarios a las criptomonedas y de los agentes gubernamentales, Dinero fácil supone una observación sobre el terreno de una tormenta perfecta de irresponsabilidad y fraude delictivo. Basado en un reportaje dado a conocer en Estados Unidos y el extranjero, que incluye entrevistas con Sam Bankman-Fried, Brock Pierve (cofundador de Tether), con Alex Mashinsky, de Celsius, y con más personas, éste es el libro sobre las criptomonedas que habías estado esperando.