TechnologyPaulina Borsook’s career after ‘Cyberselfish’
WIRED revisits Borsook and asks what happened after her 2000 critique of Silicon Valley; the profile arrives as Cyberselfish returns to print.
TLDR
WIRED has profiled Paulina Borsook, now 72, and asks why her career receded after her 2000 book Cyberselfish criticized Silicon Valley’s libertarian politics and expanding influence. The subscriber-only profile frames the question but its accessible text does not settle responsibility. The book’s 2026 reissue presents its warning about anti-regulatory tech culture as newly relevant. Borsook’s own history traces the project to a 1996 Mother Jones essay and a difficult path through several prospective publishers.
Paulina Borsook’s career after ‘Cyberselfish’
WIRED revisits Borsook and asks what happened after her 2000 critique of Silicon Valley; the profile arrives as Cyberselfish returns to print.
TLDR
WIRED has profiled Paulina Borsook, now 72, and asks why her career receded after her 2000 book Cyberselfish criticized Silicon Valley’s libertarian politics and expanding influence. The subscriber-only profile frames the question but its accessible text does not settle responsibility. The book’s 2026 reissue presents its warning about anti-regulatory tech culture as newly relevant. Borsook’s own history traces the project to a 1996 Mother Jones essay and a difficult path through several prospective publishers.
