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Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real (www.scientificamerican.com)

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Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

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[–] Eldritch 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind star trek apart from the whole WWII thing. But what they're aspiring to is worse both coming and going.

[–] agent_flounder 4 points 6 months ago

In the Trek timeline the Bell Riots seem more plausible than ever these days. And they have to go through WWIII before humanity collectively pulls its head out of its ass and manages to finally do better. The more I think about it lately (due to watching a lot of ST shows) the more I think we stand no chance of changing until after we totally ruin everything...assuming we survive, of course.