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the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world

  • Written by: Tom Doig, Lecturer in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the worldPeter Thiel: his plan to build a bunker-type lodge in remote NZ was stymied.Carolyn Kaster/AAP

Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length...

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