Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley billionaires, such as Peter Thiel, Marc Andreesen, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, have been heavily influenced by science fiction. Science fiction has had a significant impact on media, with a large percentage of big-budget movies being science fiction or fantasy blockbusters. However, science fiction’s influence goes beyond media and has also shaped our physical environment. The future has become a marketing tool, with products being marketed as “artificial intelligence” or “computer controlled.” Moreover, science fiction has influenced politics and law. There is a political ideology among Silicon Valley billionaires known as TESCREAL, which is built on assumptions about the future of humanity and is dangerous. Science fiction writer apologizes for their role in the rise of the Silicon Valley oligarchy and acknowledges the toxic role of science fiction in justifying their beliefs. Science fiction is a genre that is shaped by readers’ expectations, and new ideas often struggle to take hold. American science fiction has an implicit ideology rooted in the American Dream of capitalist success, progress through modern technology, and frontier colonialism. There is a dark side to this era of science fiction, with some prominent figures promoting far-right thought. John W. Campbell, an influential editor
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