# Paulina Borsook’s critique of Silicon Valley libertarianism returns in print

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cyberselfish-author-takes-aim-at-silicon-valley-libertarians-as-her-book-returns-from-the-dead/
- Published: 2026-10-25T20:20:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T20:32:58+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/cyberselfish-author-takes-aim-at-techno-libertarianism-as-her-book-returns-from-the-dead/
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Technology

## Key points

- *Cyberselfish* is returning in a new Tin House edition.
- The book examines anti-regulation beliefs in Silicon Valley.
- Renewed interest grew last year among readers and academics.

## Summary

Paulina Borsook’s 2000 book *Cyberselfish* is being republished by Tin House after renewed interest in its critique of techno-libertarian ideas in Silicon Valley. Its return matters because readers and academics are again looking to understand how those beliefs shaped the technology industry.

Borsook describes techno-libertarianism as a set of beliefs strongly opposed to regulation, despite the industry’s substantial benefits from government and relatively limited harms. She says she encountered these attitudes while spending time in Bay Area tech circles from the 1980s onwards, and saw them persist after the dot-com crash. Interest in the out-of-print book grew last year, with rising prices for used copies, social media discussion and enquiries from European academics; the new edition includes an introduction by Gil Durán.

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