A review by mjfmjfmjf
Survival of the Richest: The Tech Elite's Ultimate Exit Strategy by Douglas Rushkoff

2.0

Disappointing. I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. Certainly there were some interesting questions raised. And the chapters were nicely packaged up to look like they'd be in the same book. But the style of the writing was impenetrable and overwrought. And made the ideas hard to follow and retain. As for the initial chapter and the idea of the book, it definitely made me think. For me it would seem like the Tech Billionaires looking for a place safe from their security after an unavoidable apocalypse would be better off loving anonymously in a well equipped and well suited town in Costa Rica - some place people would only know them as people. It was cool to see a reference to [b:The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity|56269264|The Dawn of Everything A New History of Humanity|David Graeber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1617072525l/56269264._SX50_.jpg|87659801] and even [b:The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism|1237300|The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism|Naomi Klein|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442590618l/1237300._SY75_.jpg|2826418] but both of those were quite better books.