Ben Tarnoff

The Return of Trump—I

On losers, fear, the Supreme Court, the end of the FDR era, antisystemic times, and words without consequences. 

Venture-Backed Trumpism

Why have right-wing ideas found such an eager audience among tech elites during Biden’s presidency?

Ultra Hardcore

If Walter Isaacson’s new book inflates the scale of Elon Musk’s contributions to humanity, it also understates the amount of damage inflicted on actual humans along the way.

A Marx for All Seasons

“An Internet dominated by the profit motive is also an Internet that violates our privacy, amplifies right-wing propaganda, and intensifies various kinds of social inequalities.”

Better, Faster, Stronger

Two recent books illuminate the dark foundations of Silicon Valley.

In the Hothouse

If Elon Musk kills Twitter, what will he have killed?