18+ pluralistic OP , 1 month ago They have somehow mistaken Neal Stephenson's dystopian satirical "metaverse" for a roadmap: https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/18/metaverse-means-pivot-to-video/ As @cstross writes, it's not just that these weirdos can't tell the difference between imaginative parables about the future and predictions about the future - it's also that they keep mistaking dystopias for business plans: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/ 23/
They have somehow mistaken Neal Stephenson's dystopian satirical "metaverse" for a roadmap:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/18/metaverse-means-pivot-to-video/
As @cstross writes, it's not just that these weirdos can't tell the difference between imaginative parables about the future and predictions about the future - it's also that they keep mistaking dystopias for business plans:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/
23/