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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Turns out in Australia, NIMBYism is called "bananas" - build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything www.ft.com/content/9cd5...

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Australia has a secret weapon in the race for AI compute

The country has almost limitless space with which to generate renewable electricity

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us for the launch of "The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" by Cecilia Rikap: if we're serious about an innovation economy that delivers public value over extraction, we have to confront who actually rules it.

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Cecilia Rikap @ceciliarikap.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ireland's questionable track in tax and digital regulation has led us to demand the Irish EU presidency to recuse itself from related files. Signatories: @mazzucatom.bsky.social Shoshana Zuboff @isabellamweber.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social & 50 more Sign below

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Honoured to have Silicon Empires on the summer reading list for Rest of World! They're one of the best resources for looking at tech from a global perspective. restofworld.org/2026/what-to...

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What to read: A summer book list

Rest of World recommends eight books that cover the history of resistance to tech, our relationship with AI companions, the danger of our dependence on Taiwan chips, and more.

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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Current reading: "Silicon Empires - the Fight for the Future of AI" by @nsrnicek.bsky.social. This is great. With his usual clarity and conciseness, Srnicek describes what AI is (not just ChatGPT!), how it works, and the current politics and economics around it. Absolutely worth a read.

Cover of "Silicon Empires - the Fight for the Future of AI" by Nick Srnicek

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I haven’t even gotten into the teeth of @nsrnicek.bsky.social’s argument yet, but if you want an accessible intro to the technical details of GenAI that never loses sight of the investors structuring its development & dissemination, it’d be hard to do better than these opening chapters.

SILICON EMPIRES
THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF AI
NICK SRNICEK

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Rahul Rao @rahulraothariel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

if, like me, you’ve been feeling AI illiterate, consider spending two very worthwhile hours listening to @nsrnicek.bsky.social talk about what the hell is going on

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Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek

Podcast Episode · The Dig · 26 January · 2h 24m

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm always up for chatting about it. Keen to read your paper too - the rise of private credit facilitating shift to debt financing for data centres has been an interesting development over the past year, for instance

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Thank you - that means a lot as an admirer of your work!

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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is really special from @nsrnicek.bsky.social. That rare book that is both an accessible introduction and a real advance in theoretical debates over, say, the state's articulation work or the business of science in the 21st century.

The microchip looking cover of Nick srnicek's Silicon Empires

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📢 Our line-up for Resisting Big Tech Empires just got even stronger. We’re excited to welcome Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek.bsky.social, author of Silicon Empires) and Rosa Curling (@foxglovelegal.bsky.social) 📅 Sat 25 April, London 🎟️ Free tix: www.globaljustice.org.uk/tech-empires 🧵

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

fresh audio product: • Tessa West on what kept the Epstein gang together • Nick Srnicek on AI @nsrnicek.bsky.social • Wanda Bertram on the costs of mass incarceration @prisonpolicy.org www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is a really insightful and informative episode with @nsrnicek.bsky.social particularly for how it pushes back against the leftist urge to dismiss AI as politically old hat and philosophically irrelevant thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...

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Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek

Featuring Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for...

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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"Charting AI’s development within its proper economic and geopolitical context...Srnicek’s guide can help us maintain a long-term, realistic perspective of the technology’s likely trajectory.” @jacobinmag.bsky.social review @nsrnicek.bsky.social's 'Silicon Empires' jacobin.com/2026/02/ai-b...

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How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs

Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentag...

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Ben Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My review of @nsrnicek.bsky.social's new book on AI, 'Silicon Empires', in Jacobin 👇 bsky.app/profile/jaco...

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

studying the enemy

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Somehow I missed that Kasy book was out - it sounds great

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The Dig is one of my favourite podcasts, so it was a real honour to be able to chat with Daniel about all things AI

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In an excerpt from his new book "Silicon Empires," @nsrnicek.bsky.social looks at how Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI — once united in opposition to military use of their AI tools — came around to working with the Pentagon. www.wired.com/story/book-e...

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How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

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Félix Tréguer @felixtreguer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Yesterday, we held the first session of the “AI critique” seminar, welcoming two scholars whose work has profoundly shaped critical debates on the political economy of AI: @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @nsrnicek.bsky.social. Here is a short overview of the session: www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2026/01/1...

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Two Post-Marxist Takes on The Political Economy of AI · Félix Tréguer

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thank you - I hope you enjoy it!

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Silicon Empires is out today in the US! For anyone interested, I'm resharing this thread outlining some of the key arguments of the book.

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Niels van Doorn @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Just picked up @nsrnicek.bsky.social’s new book. Congrats Nick, it looks great and I’m excited to dig in!

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thanks Niels, hope you enjoy it!

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Who owns the future of artificial intelligence? Our video of the week argues that the true struggle is not just over technological prowess, but over the capture and organization of value across a multi-layered AI “stack.” Feat. @nsrnicek.bsky.social buff.ly/A0doDoI

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

“Strategic incoherency is the imperial expression of domestic contestations.” - @nsrnicek.bsky.social

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

New post from me, trying to understand the various deals being made to build out AI infrastructure. Plus some news and research I thought was interesting recently. siliconempires.substack.com/p/financing-...

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Financing AI Compute

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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Financing AI Compute

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I've started up a newsletter to try and collect together my incipient thoughts and notes on the intersection of AI, geopolitics, and capitalism. I'm unlikely to post often, but feel free to subscribe and get updates here: siliconempires.substack.com

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Silicon Empires | Nick | Substack

A newsletter about AI, geopolitics, and capitalism. Click to read Silicon Empires, by Nick, a Substack publication.

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The straightforward benefits being profits flow to US companies and power flows to America via the capacity for weaponised interdependence

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm not sure the Marshall Plan is the best analogy (and not sure what a good parallel would be offhand), but the intention is clear - to expand the US AI stack so that others are dependent ("addicted" in the words of Howard Lutnick) on the technology

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Tbf, this specific policy isn't in the book since it came out after I was done writing. But the broad outlines of US strategy were I think clear from before - with various tensions playing out during Biden's administration

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

All in all, the idea of "exporting the AI stack" is becoming the dominant frame for US AI expansion, so it's worth following what the government decides after its current request for information period

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

3️⃣ A reemphasis on what the government is offering: "Selected [US] companies would all be offered to foreign governments as part of the program, and all would be equally eligible for development finance loans, grants, and other perks."

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

2️⃣ Weaponised interdependence is a key goal (here recast as "data-center-based governance")

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

1️⃣ American data centres alone are deemed insufficient to achieve US strategy goals - hence the need to think about the entire AI stack

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The blog here is an enlightening piece on the EO, from one of the key architects behind it. The whole thing is worth reading, but some particularly notable points are: www.hyperdimensional.co/p/dont-overt...

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Don't Overthink "The AI Stack"

Reflections on the Export Promotion Executive Order

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Most of the discussion around America's AI strategy abroad has focused on the AI Action Plan - but perhaps more important was the Executive Order on exporting the AI stack. 🧵

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social

book covers for Nick Srnicek's Silicon Empires, Maya Ganesh's Auto-Correct and Jonathan W. Y. Gray's Public Data Cultures.

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