The End of the Silicon Valley Myth: Why Big Tech now faces a Reckoning
In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the tech journalist, Brian Merchant, author of the recent Atlantic feature "The End of the Silicon Valley Myth". Brian and Andrew discuss the future of Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon in the face of tech worker unrest and government regulation of Big Tech. And Brian gives a preview of important upcoming book, BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech, due out in the Fall of 2023,
ABOUT BRIAN MERCHANT: Brian Merchant is a writer and editor in Los Angeles. He’s the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and the forthcoming Blood in the Machine, a book about the Luddite uprisings and the impact of automation.
ABOUT ANDREW KEEN: Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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