Nick Srnicek · 2025
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“The second book would be a book by Nick Cernich called Silicon Empires.”
Why: It offers a calm, guided tour up the stack of what AI actually is as a built entity, helping to untangle jumbled discussions on tech ideology.
Quinn Slobodian, Guest on The Ezra Klein ShowElon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show
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Against Tech Oligarchy
JS Tan
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Extraction
Thea Riofrancos
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
Hayek's Bastards
Quinn Slobodian
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
Muskism
Quinn Slobodian
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
The Bell Curve
Richard J. Herrnstein
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
Discussed together in: Elon Musk’s Endgame | The Ezra Klein Show (The Ezra Klein Show)