BitcoinWorld Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and Why Tech’s Leaders Misread Sci-Fi Historian Jill Lepore argues that Silicon Valley’s leaders are building an “artificial state” that mimics and undermines democratic governance, a thesis she explores in her upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State. In a recent episode of the Equity podcast, Lepore spoke with editor Anthony Ha about how tech companies—from Twitter to […] This post Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and Why Tech’s Leaders Misread Sci-Fi first appeared on BitcoinWorld.