LughM to [email protected]English • 9 months agoToday’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American sci-fi. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook.www.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down18
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkToday’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American sci-fi. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook.www.scientificamerican.comLughM to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@SerinuslinkEnglish4•9 months agoThe dystopian novels serve a purpose too, usually of what to avoid.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-29 months agoIn theory yes, much like History. But then one day you have people thinking “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a user manual.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoOh god, has that happened? I’ve mostly just seen continued growth of the ideas that inspired it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoNo, not yet ? I don’t think so but I stopped reading bad news to live in my own lemmy wholesome bubble made of food, sci-fi and cats.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-29 months agoAh, okay. Shits crazy out here, but there’s nobody in the West suggesting fertility slaves or abolishing female literacy.
The dystopian novels serve a purpose too, usually of what to avoid.
In theory yes, much like History.
But then one day you have people thinking “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a user manual.
Oh god, has that happened? I’ve mostly just seen continued growth of the ideas that inspired it.
No, not yet ? I don’t think so but I stopped reading bad news to live in my own lemmy wholesome bubble made of food, sci-fi and cats.
Ah, okay. Shits crazy out here, but there’s nobody in the West suggesting fertility slaves or abolishing female literacy.