Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem
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Tech leaders like Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Thiel borrow heavily from science fiction, but selectively strip out the warnings and democratic values embedded in those stories. They take the cool aesthetics of Star Trek, Snow Crash, and Foundation while discarding their core messages about collective action, shared governance, and the dangers of unchecked power.
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