Homer's Travels: Book: Douglas Rushkoff's "Survival Of The Richest"

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Book: Douglas Rushkoff's "Survival Of The Richest"

After reading two fantasy books involving magic and sorcery, I decided to take a break by reading a book about the fantasies of billionaire techbros.  Douglas Rushkoff's "Survival of the Richest", about the fantastical views of some billionaires in the tech industry, is less entertaining and more frightening.

Rushkoff starts with an anecdote meeting some tech entrepreneurs whose main concern was how to maintain the loyalty of their security people after society collapses.  This was the first WTF moment in the book and they keep coming throughout.

By the end of this book I was really worried about how much power these deluded oligarchs have in their twisted hands.

I gave this book four stars out of five on Goodreads.  After reading this book I am worried and you should be too.

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