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The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

By David Streitfeld · The New York Times · November 2025

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The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

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"Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years."

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