
In her book “Valley of Death,” Sharon Weinberger analyzes how Silicon Valley became the US’s new weapons factory and what risks this poses for democratic control.
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Sharon Weinberger is a veteran military expert and former security reporting director for The Wall Street Journal. Her book 'Valley of Death' addresses the interconnection between Silicon Valley and the US military.
San Francisco. Sharon Weinberger has been watching America's military and intelligence apparatus for a quarter century, most recently as director of security reporting at The Wall Street Journal. Her new book "Valley of Death. How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War" will be published on September 22nd. In it she tells how Silicon Valley became a weapons factory. At the end of August, Weinberger spoke to Handelsblatt via video call from her apartment in Washington D.C.
For her book, the Pentagon expert interviewed dozens of officials, military officers and other insiders. She also shows previously unknown photos that show many tech grandees in a different light: for example, Apple founder Steve Jobs sitting next to a secret agent, or Palantir boss and Israel fan Alex Karp in a Palestinian scarf.
Weinberger warns of a gradual shift in power to private corporations that are not subject to democratic control. From this she also derives urgent advice to the German federal government.
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