Ebook: The know-it-alls: the rise of Silicon Valley as a political powerhouse and social wrecking ball

Introduction: "To serve Man" -- John McCarthy: "Solving today's problems tomorrow" -- Frederick Terman: "Stanford can be a dominating factor in the West" -- Bill Gates: "Most of all you steal your software" -- Marc Andreesen: "By the power vested in me by no one in particular" -- Jeff Bezos: "When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?" -- Sergey Brin and Larry Page: "It was like, wow, maybe we really should start a company now" -- Peter Theil: "Monopolists lie to protect themselves" -- Reid Hoffman et al.: "My membership in a notable corporate alumni group in Silicon Valley has opened the door ..." -- Jimmy Wales: "Wikipedia is something special" -- Mark Zuckerberg: "Nerds win" -- The future: "Local, small-scale, active.";Chronicles the rise of Silicon Valley as a political and intellectual force in American life and its libertarian vision of a hypercompetitive society without the protection of unions, government regulations, or social welfare programs.