sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoHistorian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracytechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1207
arrow-up1207external-linkHistorian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracytechcrunch.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-210 hours agoGreat news! We’ve the created the Torment Nexus, from the hit sci-fi series “Don’t Create the Torment Nexus”!
minus-squarePRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 hours agoLiterally everything zuk’s done since Facebook has been from snow crash. And of course he didn’t give us any of YT’s toys.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoSince you mention Neal Stephenson, I feel compelled to add that Cryptonomicon was about the creation of Bitcoin, a decade before someone created Bitcoin. It’s a dense read, but absolutely amazing.
Great news! We’ve the created the Torment Nexus, from the hit sci-fi series “Don’t Create the Torment Nexus”!
Literally everything zuk’s done since Facebook has been from snow crash.
And of course he didn’t give us any of YT’s toys.
Since you mention Neal Stephenson, I feel compelled to add that Cryptonomicon was about the creation of Bitcoin, a decade before someone created Bitcoin. It’s a dense read, but absolutely amazing.