<p>What is the Technological Republic?</p><p>Armando, Stewart and founder of The Nerve, Carole Cadwalladr, discuss the language and posture of the manifesto released by Palantir's Alex Karp last year.</p><p>We look at how Tech bros frame those who block their progress, their effusive language about their products, why they might reflect on linguistic parallels with George Orwell's works.</p><p>Armando also describes William Shatner's prose, in which he finds, having read his book, Tech War, that his sentences seem to run on, perhaps one or two clauses longer than a sentence should, which interested him, but also made for a challenging read, which in turn made it worthy of discussion on this week's programme.</p><p>Got a strong message for Armando? Email us at [email protected]</p><p>Sound editing: Chris Maclean</p><p>Production Coordinator: Giulia Mazzu</p><p>Executive Producer: Richard Morris</p><p>Recorded at the Sound Company</p><p>Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.</p>