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@[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.
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.