We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys. Today’s tech titans took all the wrong lessons from the science fiction of their youths and now they’re each building their version of the Torment Nexus. https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/08/silicon-valley-science-fiction-jill-lepore-book-review/688467?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZxS1GrKeI9kCk61Qd0lqqRo
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@kottke This essay reads like it was written by someone who is completely ignorant of any written SF written since about 1961. In other words, a non-SF reader.