Jill Lepore critiques Silicon Valley's grand rhetoric in tech product marketing

Aug 7, 2026

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Historian Jill Lepore argues that tech companies often use grandiose language to describe their products, likening it to the formation of a new government. Her upcoming book, 'The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,' explores this phenomenon and its implications for Silicon Valley.

Jill Lepore, a historian, critiques the language used by tech companies to market their products.
She suggests that this language resembles the rhetoric of forming a new government.
Examples include Twitter's description of itself as a 'town hall in your pocket' and Anthropic's reference to its AI as a 'Claude constitution.'
Lepore's upcoming book, 'The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,' delves into these themes and their impact on perceptions of Silicon Valley.

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Jill Lepore critiques Silicon Valley's grand rhetoric in tech product marketing

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