Jonathan Taplin
 

Introducing The End Of Reality

A brilliant takedown and exposé of the great con job of the twenty-first centurythe metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanismbeing sold by four billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk), leading to the degeneration and bankruptcy of our society.

Release Date: September 5, 2023

From Public Affairs Books

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"I've followed technology, and politics, for decades. But I found a tremendous amount of new information and insight in 'The End of Reality.' Anyone interested in where culture is headed, and how democracy can survive, will want to read this book."-James Fallows, author of Breaking the News

Once again, Jonathan Taplin has cut to the core of the heartless techno-oligargy. If names like Musk, Thiel and Zuckerberg only cause you distress, Taplin’s careful expose will move you to outrage, though with hope that the hyper-barons can be curbed.”-Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy

“There is so much nourishment in his book, so much provocative thinking, so much vivid writing, so much thought that went into the book’s vast menu, that by the final page the reader is left in awe. Taplin is a delightful iconoclast and a daring thinker.”Ken Auletta, author of Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

“A wake-up call as to what happens when a society elevates people who don’t have the public’s best interests in mind. Taplin has a gift for storytelling that turns the bitter pill (reality check) into a fascinating read.”  —Scott Galloway, NYU Stern professor of marketing and bestselling author of Adrift

 
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Also from Jonathan Taplin: Move fast and break things

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Move Fast and Break Things goes on my bookshelf beside a few other indispensable signposts in the maze of the 21st Century—The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul and The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan. I pray the deepest and highest prayer I can get to that this clarion warning is heeded. The survival of our species is at stake.
— T Bone Burnett, Grammy-winning producer and musician

THE MAGIC YEARS:Scenes from a Rock and roll life

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Jonathan Taplin’s extraordinary journey has put him at the crest of every major cultural wave in the past half century: he was tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band in the 60s, producer of major films in the 70s, an executive at Merrill Lynch in the 80s, creator of the Internet’s first Video-on-Demand service in the 90s, and a cultural critic and author writing about technology in the new millennium. His is a lifetime marked not only by good timing but by impeccable instincts—from the folk scene of Woodstock, to Hollywood’s rebellious film movement and beyond, Taplin is not just a witness but a lifelong producer, the right-hand man to some of the greatest talents of both pop culture and the underground. Read More

 
 

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