The author doesn't strike me as the type to let something as trivial as those facts get in the way of his narrative. The irony is, just like those he describes

The author doesn't strike me as the type to let something as trivial as those facts get in the way of his narrative. The irony is, just like those he describes in the article, he's also selling a something that is more fiction than fact - the story about the elysium-esque dystopian future popular in so much sci-fi these days. But hey, it gets clicks...