The
computer techies and fresh-faced MBA's are making loads of money in
the High-Tech world -- but is there a belief system behind their new
found wealth and influence? Paulina Borsook, a former writer for
Wired
magazine and a long time observer of the ethos of Silicon Valley,
suggests that techno-libertarianism is the dominant philosophy of the
high-tech world. This outlook prizes entrepreneurship without any
government interference as well as free speech on the internet and is
shared by a variety of subcultures from cyber-punks to neo-hippies to
excecutives. In this biting and fiercely intelligent work, Borsook
argues that this philosophy is one that should concern us as it
encourages selfishness and an unhealthy and fairly hostile attitude
toward government and community.