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Got 'em: The @thebulwark.com added an editor's note to the review, acknowledging that the author's direct affiliation with the Foundation for American Innovation ("the foundation shaping the tech right," according to Inc.) created a conflict that should have been forthrightly disclosed.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com

Someone finally wrote a bad review of my book! Its argument: The tech bros are not fascists and we need not worry about them. Its author: a fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI). FAI's ideological godfather and treasured idol: Peter Thiel. 🫠

The note downplays FAI's presence as one mention. But I spend most of two pages describing an FAI conference where the tech/MAGA alliance was revealed. The entire chapter—"The New Reality"—takes its name from that conference. In addition, multiple FAI fellows or board members are in my book.

On the bright side, this provides me with an opportunity to write more at length about the role of FAI. Which I will most certainly do.

Oh SNAP. I finally got around to reading this. Wth? I have some thinking to do… Also, got your book in the mail Saturday. I remember running across you explaining your work. It was haunting. You really did the heavy lifting on this and it was super important, as it turns out. Thanks, Gil.