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Elon Musk’s death drive

The tech billionaire built a world that he could rule – then allowed it to destroy him.

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Kristi Coulter’s account of her 12-year career at the tech firm lays bare the toxic work culture of the 2010s.

By Alice Robb

The Booker Prize-winning author on political fiction, the refugee crisis and the “unmistakable” timeliness of his dystopian novel Prophet Song.

By Pippa Bailey

Tech visionaries may dream of a wordless future, but even Elon Musk cannot disrupt the communal power of speech.

By Peter Williams

Robert Skidelsky is right to warn about the delusions of our tech overlords – but his critique of Silicon Valley…

By Mark O’Connell

Also featuring Tremor by Teju Cole and A Woman I Know by Mary Haverstick.

By Barney Horner, Pippa Bailey, Matthew Gilley and Ellen Peirson-Hagger

A new book shows how sport has shaped British history and society – but cannot explain why it matters as…

By Lola Seaton

New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.

By New Statesman