# Jill Lepore's The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Examines Technology, Democracy and Automation

DevFeed: [Jill Lepore's The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Examines Technology, Democracy and Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-daily-heller-about-civilization-as-we-knew-it-31451.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-about-civilization/>)

Author: Steven Heller

Published: 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [PRINT Magazine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/print-magazine.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-strategy.md>)

Tags: [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [book](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book.md>), [politics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/politics.md>), [print-homepage-rotation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/print-homepage-rotation.md>), [the-daily-heller](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-daily-heller.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary reviews Jill Lepore's The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, which examines how private technology companies, automation and artificial intelligence could challenge liberal democracy and reshape civilization. The writer remains uncertain whether Lepore's thesis is intended partly as satire, noting the book's cover reference to RUR.

## Source excerpt

Jill Lepore and 'The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State.' The post The Daily Heller: About Civilization as We Knew It appeared first on PRINT Magazine.