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Quinn Slobodian

@quinnslobodian.com

MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530 HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com

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Venus Bivar@vbivar.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is an excellent listen: @thedigradio.bsky.social with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com about their recent book. I went in cautiously b/c I can't spare another brain cell for Musk, but the emphasis is squarely on the 'ism'. Super interesting analysis. thedigradio.com/podcast/musk...

Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian

Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-...

thedigradio.com

Sarah Moser@sarahkmoser.bsky.social · 19h ago

Brilliant article by @beccauliasz.bsky.social about her one-month stint in the 'Network School'.... she writes the best description I've seen of Balaji Srinivasan: '...part of an emerging techno-authoritarian intelligentsia set on dismantling American democracy' 🔥

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · yesterday

Always a tonic to read actual reporting from the "network state" movement rather than historical reproductions of their own rhetoric with the valence flipped. Uliasz is great here 👇 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/fiel...

Mira Kamdar@mirakamdar.bsky.social · 14h ago

"Musk’s worldview...is an explicitly antihuman one. [But it]... may come to be seen as the presiding pathology in our time of monsters." @markoconnell.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social on new book by @quinnslobodian.com @bentarnoff.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Space Oddity | Mark O’Connell

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit.

nybooks.com

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 23h ago

It's also very funny: "Their dimly lit and cheaply ornamented walls are lined with dark leather couches and bookcases of fake cardboard books titled inscrutable things like DARWINS THERIE and Furniture Design Idea Book."

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · yesterday

Always a tonic to read actual reporting from the "network state" movement rather than historical reproductions of their own rhetoric with the valence flipped. Uliasz is great here 👇 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/fiel...

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · yesterday

One thing DOGE did was bring attention to the fact that there was another model for how tech could interact with government - one which was more people-centered and ethical. Here is an effort to sketch out the history of that movement, which I think will be relevant again in the future (Open access)

Public Administration@journalpa.bsky.social · 4d ago

"From Civic Tech to DOGE: The Role of Tech Movements in the American Administrative State," by Donald Moynihan argues that civic tech and DOGE represent contrasting approaches to technology-driven government reform. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · yesterday

What a brilliant piece. It reads like a fictional journey to a fictional society in part because she is describing a cult. A man more or less LARPing into oblivion while causing harm in the medium and short term.

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · yesterday

Always a tonic to read actual reporting from the "network state" movement rather than historical reproductions of their own rhetoric with the valence flipped. Uliasz is great here 👇 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/fiel...

Cry for the Earth@cryearth.eurosky.social · yesterday

Great long read. ' Businesses, by contrast, can pick and choose the regulations that govern them from a patchwork quilt of 40-odd “freezones”, all competing to lure investors with bespoke tax regimes and legal frameworks.' www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance

The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?

theguardian.com

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · yesterday

Always a tonic to read actual reporting from the "network state" movement rather than historical reproductions of their own rhetoric with the valence flipped. Uliasz is great here 👇 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/fiel...

Society as a Service | The Brooklyn Rail

On July 21, 2026, the American venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan took to X to announce a signed memorandum of understanding between himself and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Soon the city of Astana, ...

brooklynrail.org

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...

Data Driven

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

press.princeton.edu

Ozma@rowyourbot.bsky.social · 2d ago

There is already much AI surveillance of workers. Somebody needs to write about THAT. We need so many more unions, and strikes it's not even funny.

Cas Mudde@casmudde.bsky.social · 2d ago

The decline of Reform — and the fragmentation of the far right — should be a major news story too. But most media barely care… More evidence that media are not “just reporting the news” but are actively shaping it. With significant political consequences.

Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · 2d ago

In this week’s voting intention, Labour's lead widens as Reform fall to their lowest in over 18 months. 🌹 LAB 27% (+1) 🌳 CON 22% (-1) ⏩ REF 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-) 🟢 GREEN 9% (+1) ⚫ RES: 6% (-) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) ⚪️ OTH 1% (-) N = 2,041 | Fieldwork 25-29/9 | Changes w 18/09