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Silicon Empires

The Fight for the Future of AI

First published 2025

What the critics said

  • New York Review of Books · 1 October 2026

    How Tech Rules

    One of the hallmarks of the modern corporation is the separation of ownership from control. The firm is owned by shareholders but led by managers, who answer to shareholders only indirectly. Actually, it’s weirder than that. The corporation owns itself. Shareholders merely own stock, which is a…

    Ben Tarnoff

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About the author

Nick Srnicek, born 1982, United Kingdom.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author
Srnicek, Nick, 1982–
Statement
Silicon Empires : The Fight for the Future of AI / Nick Srnicek.

Book facts

Publisher
Polity Press, 2025
Pages
200
ISBN
978-1-5095-5049-4
1 more ISBN
  • 978-1-5095-5048-7
Editions
2 English editions
  • Polity Press, 2025, 200 pages 978-1-5095-5048-7
  • Polity Press, 2025, 200 pages 978-1-5095-5049-4
Records
Open Library

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026