An Atlantic article traces how Silicon Valley tech bros misread the sci-fi authors they loved as children, with horrific consequences for the rest of us.
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Tech Bros Stuck in Sci-Fi Childhood
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What Musk’s Favorite Books Reveal
In which I examine Musk’s favorite books to figure out what they reveal: Foundation Trilogy, Stranger in a Strange Land, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Atlas Shrugged, Waiting for Godot, and Lord of the Rings.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Any Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Elon Musk, Foundation Trilogy, Golden age of science fiction, Isaac Asimov, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Heller, Lord of the Rings, Robert Heinlein, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot Comments closed