Does sci-fi shape the future? Tech billionaires from Bill Gates to Elon Musk have often talked about the impact of novels they read as teens, from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" to Iain M. Banks' "Culture" series. Big Think's Namir Khaliq spoke to authors including Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold and @pluralistic about how much impact they think science fiction has had, or can have.
@NatureMC@CultureDesk@pluralistic@bookstodon You mean a culture that grew out of weapons research and collaborated with actual former nazi scientists has right-leaning fascist tendancies?
Shocking.
People tend to forget the DARPA and defense roots of most of the silicon valley. It's not a friendly or happy history, and it's a deep culture of scams, schemes, and rewarding bad behavior.