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George F. GilderAmerican writer, futurist and adherent of techno-utopia
Date of Birth: 29.11.1939
Country:  USA |
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George F. Gilder - American writer, futurist, and advocate of techno-utopia
George F. Gilder is an American writer, futurist, and advocate of techno-utopia. He is an activist of the Republican Party and one of the founders of the Discovery Institute, a non-profit Christian research organization.
Early Life and Education
George F. Gilder was born on November 29, 1939, in New York City. He grew up in New York and Massachusetts. His father, Richard Gilder, served in the United States military aviation and died during World War II when George was three years old. He spent much of his childhood on a dairy farm in Tyringham, Massachusetts, with his mother and stepfather, Gilder Palmer. David Rockefeller, a friend and college roommate of his father, also played an active role in raising the boy.
Gilder attended Hamilton School in New York, then Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Harvard University in 1962. He later returned to Harvard as a research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Politics and served as the editor of the Ripon Forum, a newspaper of the liberal Republican society. Additionally, Gilder served in the United States Marine Corps but for a short period.
Career and Controversies
In the 1960s, Gilder worked as a speechwriter for several prominent government officials and candidates, including Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, and future 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon. He also represented liberal Republican Senator Charles Mathias.
In 1966, Gilder became a writer and co-authored the satirical book "The Party That Lost Its Head" with Bruce Chapman, his former college roommate. In the 1970s, he moved to New Orleans, where he combined his writing career with work for Republican Senate candidate Ben C. Toledano.
Gilder gained controversy with his books "Sexual Suicide" (1973) and "Men and Marriage" (1986), which was a revised edition of the former. The book sparked scandal and earned the author the dubious title of "Chauvinist Pig of the Year." Another scandal followed with his book "Visible Man: A True Story of Post-Racist America" (1978, reissued in 1995), in which Gilder claimed that young talented African Americans were spoiled by the welfare system.
Throughout his writing career, Gilder has expressed strong opinions on topics such as Christianity, Satanism, technology and its future, secular education, Native American and African American cultures, economics, corruption, and wars.
Later Years
George F. Gilder continues to write and has published several books and articles on technology and economics. In the 1990s, he became an enthusiastic supporter of technology and the internet, which is reflected in his works and his newsletter, the Gilder Technology Report. He remains an influential figure in the field of futurism and technology.
