Post #1464128
2026-03-30 01:05 UTC
@michaelgemar @kajord @sundogplanets Elon Musk apparently read Iain M. Banks’ Culture series and deeply misunderstands it. So I don’t think reading more books will help, alas.
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@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca 2026-03-30 03:25
@MisuseCase @kajord @sundogplanets Yeah, his adulation for a post-scarcity socialist utopia that supports body modification, including gender change, is boggling.
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@kajord@hachyderm.io 2026-03-30 15:48
@MisuseCase @michaelgemar @sundogplanets this makes me more sad than the repeated misuse of Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's world is a deeply conservative one, with good kings who have the preordained right to rule over others, and various races who have their proper roles under them. I think some of the more aware techbros do channel that conservatism.