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Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road.\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve been covering tech for a long, long time. And the thing I\u2019ve always tried to do is cover the people of the tech culture, not the tech itself. \u2026 I've always been interested in the good and bad side of technology. A lot of times the problem in Silicon Valley is that people come up with a good idea that\u2019s supposed to do a good thing\u2014you know, to change the world and make it a better place. And it ends up inevitably having a recourse that they don\u2019t imagine.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Viacom, and Audible for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@nickbilton\nnickbilton.com\nBilton on Longform\n[00:00] Ponzi Supernova\n[01:15] American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road (Portfolio \u2022 2017)\n[01:45] Bilton\u2019s New York Times archive\n[01:45] Bilton\u2019s Vanity Fair archive\n[01:45] Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal (Portfolio \u2022 2014)\n[07:30] "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" (Adrian Chen \u2022 Gawker \u2022 Jun 2011)\n[07:30] Adrian Chen\u2019s first appearance on the Longform Podcast\n[07:30] Adrian Chen\u2019s second appearance on the Longform Podcast\n[09:15] NYC Resistor\n[11:45] "Uber\u2019s C.E.O. Plays With Fire" (Mike Isaac \u2022 New York Times \u2022 Apr 2017)\n[16:00] Fan Club\n[21:30] Bits, New York Times technology blog\n[21:45] Gizmodo\n[23:00] Bill Keller\u2019s New York Times archive\n[23:00] John Markoff\u2019s New York Times archive\n[25:45] "The iEconomy" series\n[27:30] "How the Kindle Moved From BlackBerry to iPad" (New York Times \u2022 Sep 2011)\n[29:45] "Disruptions: Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It\u2019s Not Clear Why" (New York Times \u2022 Nov 2011)\n[50:45] "Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road" (Andy Greenberg \u2022 Forbes \u2022 Sep 2013)\n[50:45] "Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison" (Andy Greenberg \u2022 Wired \u2022 May 2015)\n[50:45] "The Rise & Fall of Silk Road Part I" (Joshuah Bearman \u2022 Wired \u2022 Apr 2015)\n[50:45] "The Rise & Fall of Silk Road Part II" (Joshuah Bearman \u2022 Wired \u2022 May 2015)\n[51:00] "Exclusive: How Elizabeth Holmes\u2019s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Oct 2016)\n[52:00] "\u2018It\u2019s An Honor\u2019" (Jimmy Breslin \u2022 New York Herald Tribune \u2022 Nov 1963)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices