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You would think this place would instead discuss The Culture more, but that's not happening either.

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> You would think this place would instead discuss The Culture

I can't see it. More of a Musk thing, by association, surely? Totally out of the cultural frame.

I associate anything "post-cyberpunk" with pure stale tech-bro these days, so I don't touch the stuff.

>More of a Musk thing, by association, surely? Totally out of the cultural frame.

the things i read on HN...

The SpaceX landing barges are named after capital ships of the Culture novels, I guess that is the Musk - Culture connection. Without that little tidbit, a connection does seem far-fetched.

I know. I find it very... peculiar not reading the Culture books, some of the best SF books ever written, just because Musk also read them. Not to mention they're a very direct critique of his (stated) ideology

Well, that's what it means, right. People who think technology can solve social problems, people who think "The Future" will be better than the past. That whole TESCREAL milieu. Where's the disconnect?

The Culture is Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, not TESCREAL. Musk picked the cool gadgets and the funny ship names, but missed or ignored the ideology

Not just gay, but trans. Some people don't just take on the opposite gender for a while just to see how it feels. Some become literal furries. Fluffy tail and all. All provided for free on a whim.

Similar to Thiel and his lord of the rings company names

> Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, not TESCREAL

It's all the same thing. Escapist denial is escapist denial. Accelerationists and doomers are the same people.

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