The cult of tech

MIT Technology Review 

The headlines seem to write themselves (if that cliché is allowed anymore in the age of ChatGPT and generative AI). But that is a metaphor, right? When I first saw Michael Saylor's Twitter account, I wasn't sure. Saylor is an entrepreneur, tech executive, and former billionaire. Once reportedly the richest man in the Washington, DC, area, he lost most of his 7 billion net worth in 2000 when, in his mid-30s, he reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission after it brought charges against him and two of his colleagues at a company called MicroStrategy for inaccurate reporting of their financial results.