Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real
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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
  • ThenThreeMore@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Then they wouldn’t be rich anymore

    The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century… The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force of our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.

    Also the 21st century in the Star Trek universe is rough as fuck.

    • PreviouslyAmused@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I’m currently pulling for Irish re-unification and the great SF riot in 2024…

      At this point I’m of the “fuck it, let’s see how much Trek gets right” opinion.