"Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Making Sci-Fi Real"
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
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They need to stop making dystopian sci-fi real. Why doesn’t any of them go for a startrek kind of future?
Because Star Trek future doesn't have their favorite features: bigotry, inequality, and runaway capitalism.
That’s Starfleet. They want to be the Ferengi crossed with Cardassians.
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.
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.
