Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem

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Post by bookofjoe » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem
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#2

Post by bravetraveler » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC

http://archive.today/G4V7M

Vercel says no to my browser, so...

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#3

Post by Bratmon » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

I think at some point you have to accept that different people are going to take away different things from the same novel.

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Post by melling » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC

“ Gene Roddenberry’s Federation was built on principles of equality and exploration for the sake of knowledge, not profit or military dominance”

You should actually watch Star Trek.

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Post by skybrian » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

Reality increasingly has a science fiction problem too. Drone warfare and the HuggingFace attack come to mind.

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Post by estearum » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

Bratmon wrote: post #3

I think at some point you have to accept that different people are going to take away different things from the same novel.

Quite funny given that the people in question here tend to be directly opposed to postmodernist views like this one.

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Post by bitwize » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 9:03 PM UTC

skybrian wrote: post #5

Reality increasingly has a science fiction problem too. Drone warfare and the HuggingFace attack come to mind.

A new adaptation of Ghost in the Shell just dropped, and not a moment too soon as society deals with AI hacking people's brains, making them confuse what's real and what isn't...

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Post by Kaibeezy » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

I’m cross with Musk for using Culture ship names while DOGEing. Take your stinking paws off my utopia, you damned dirty trillionaire!

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC

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Post by watwut » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC

Bratmon wrote: post #3

I think at some point you have to accept that different people are going to take away different things from the same novel.

Sure. And while some of those are genuine different views others show lack of understanding or that the person in question forgot most of the content. It is in fact ppssible to genuinely not understand or genuinely forget things.

Or, at worst, that they are genuine psychopath looking forward harm they will cause.