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Or you could try to understand why they would think this way, and perhaps get an understanding of how people you utterly disagree with reason and think.
by psunavy03 1y ago
Or you could try to understand why they would think this way, and perhaps get an understanding of how people you utterly disagree with reason and think.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoi'm not talking about whether i think palantir or its employees are good or bad. "They do not and did not understand or like machines more complicated than a forge-bellows, a water-mill, or a hand-loom, though they were skilful with tools." - Concerning Hobbits The Scouring Of The Shire is the account of anti-industrial direct action, for Iluvatar's sake.
- egypturnash 1y agoElon Musk is a huge fan of Iain Banks’ Culture books and completely misses the fact that it’s profoundly anti-capitalist and that the villain in Surface Detail is basically him. Rich tech nerds are really good at missing the points being made by the sf/f books they claim to love.
- kjellsbells 1y agoComing soon: The Left Hand of Darkness, where manly men cross the ice together! Sigh.
- gdbsjjdn 1y agoWe've finally built the Torment Nexus from the sci-fi classic, Don't Build The Torment Nexus.
- sidibe 1y agoIt's possible he never actually read them? Another thing Elon would hate that I vaguely remember from one of the Culture books is one of the characters is considered weird for never having been the other sex.
- becurious 1y agoAnd then there’s the apex sex in The Player Of Games. I think at least Excession has one of the protagonists transition at the end of the novel.
- computerthings 1y ago[dead]
- grafmax 1y agoBeing willing to use any means necessary means to fight your enemies - building software to support mass surveillance, genocide, and concentration camps - means you’re no longer fighting for moral principles - you’re fighting for power. In that regard I do think a closer reading of the source material does have something to teach these people.
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