Brian Merchant

Merchant is from Sacramento, California. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2023-01-20/brian-merchant-to-join-the-times-as-a-technology-columnist-in-business|title=Brian Merchant to join The Times as technology columnist in Business|date=January 20, 2023|website=Los Angeles Times}}

He co-founded Terraform at Vice{{clarify|date=February 2024}}.

In January 2023, he became the technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times.

• The One Device: the Secret History of the iPhone (Little, Brown, 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/books/review/one-device-secret-history-iphone-brian-merchant.html|title=The iPhone Is 10 Years Old. Here's the Story of Its Birth.|first=Lev|last=Grossman|work=The New York Times |date=June 19, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/29/the-one-device-by-brian-merchant-review-secret-history-of-the-iphone|title=The One Device by Brian Merchant review – the secret history and moral cost of the iPhone | History books |newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 June 2017 |publisher=amp.theguardian.com |last1=Mikanowski |first1=Jacob }}
• Blood in the Machine: the Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech (Little, Brown, 2023) {{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/books/review/brian-merchant-blood-in-the-machine.html|title=Workers' Movements or Tantrums Against Technology?|first=Gavin|last=Mueller|work=The New York Times |date=September 21, 2023|via=NYTimes.com}}[https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316487740 Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech, Brian Merchant. Little, Brown, $30 (496p)] ISBN 978-0-316-48774-0 Publishers Weekly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101895028/why-brian-merchant-a-tech-columnist-says-hes-a-luddite|title=Why Brian Merchant, a Tech Columnist, Says He's a Luddite | KQED|first=Alexis|last=Madrigal|date=November 15, 2023|website=www.kqed.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9b37ec34-36d0-4821-9b88-15048a48aba9|title=Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech|website=www.ft.com|date=29 November 2023 |last1=Gabert-Doyon |first1=Joshua }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/|title=BLOOD IN THE MACHINE | Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/blood-in-the-machine-review-defenders-of-the-old-ways-eee61488 |title='Blood in the Machine' Review: Luddites Fighting the Future |quote=They saw the Industrial Revolution as a program to replace skilled craftsmen with machines, and rose up to defend the old ways. |first1=Katrina |last1=Gulliver |date=September 29, 2023 |accessdate=February 28, 2024 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/01/why-you-should-be-a-luddite|title=Why You Should Be a Luddite|first=Current|last=Affairs|work=Current Affairs |date=January 26, 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034610-500-blood-in-the-machine-review-going-back-to-the-luddites/|title='Blood in the Machine' Review: Luddites Fighting the Future |quote=

They saw the Industrial Revolution as a program to replace skilled craftsmen with machines, and rose up to defend the old ways. |first1=Katrina |last1=Gulliver |date=September 29, 2023|work=New Scientist}}{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-01-09/the-luddites-defended-their-work-against-automation-what-can-we-learn-from-them.html|title=The Luddites defended their work against automation. What can we learn from them?|first=Jaime Rubio|last=Hancock|date=January 9, 2024|website=EL PAÍS English}}

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• [https://brianmerchant.org/ Official website]

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