The End of Reality How Four Billionaires Are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto [Audiobook]

In The End of Reality,Jonathan Taplin provides perceptive insight into the personal backgrounds and cultural power of these billionaires-Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreesen ("The Four") -and shows how their tech monopolies have brought middle-class wage stagnation, the hollowing out of many American towns, a radical increase in income inequality, and unbounded public acrimony. Meanwhile, the enormous amount of taxpayer money to be funneled into the dystopian ventures of "The Four," the benefits of which will accrue to billionaires, exacerbate these disturbing trends. The End of Reality is both scathing critique and reform agenda that replaces the warped worldview of "The Four" with a vision of regenerative economics that seeks to build a sustainable society with healthy growth and full employment.