Big Tech Doctrines and the Artificial State – An Analysis by Jill Lepore

The text analyzes Big Tech not as an economic sector, but as a political-ideological project aiming to create a so-called Artificial State. The author examines the tension between rapid technological development and democratic institutions, pointing to tendencies toward corporate sovereignty and techno-libertarianism. A key issue is the blurring of the line between expert knowledge and the right to make political decisions. Historical examples of technocratic movements are cited to demonstrate that replacing politics with competence does not eliminate the problem of power, but rather shifts it into an area of less transparency. The analysis emphasizes the risk in which democratic procedure is perceived merely as an obstacle to the optimization of global governance by a "competent government."