#ICYMI (as I did), this is an excellent op-ed by npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 (npub1psd…9sr7) on the politically & ideologically-loaded background of the cult of unfettered tech optimism & its billionaire bros.
As Charlie says, science fiction is fundamentally just entertainment & often highly derivative, not the philosophical blueprint for the future of humankind.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/
Mark McCaughrean /
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2024-03-09 18:59:59
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