From New Zealand to Patagonia, the ultra-wealthy are commissioning subterranean survival compounds. What this reveals about their vision of the future — and who they plan to leave behind.
The architecture of paranoia has a long history. Roman emperors built escape tunnels. Cold War suburbanites dug fallout shelters. But the scale and sophistication of today's billionaire bunkers represents something new: not just fear, but a kind of spatial secession from the social contract.
A conversation with political philosopher Elara Chen on secrecy, shame, and the myth of the informed voter