The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans
It&#x27;s modern (post Gernsback), <i>optimistic</i>[1] science fiction. How could Musk &amp; Bezos - both sci-fi fans - not like it?<p>They both believe in &quot;progress&quot;. This is viewed as quaint, almost Victorian, in today&#x27;s intellectual climate. That attitude is on display in the article, which in my view misinterprets the conflict of values as being about economic systems.<p>[1] The books themselves can be grim, and the characters often troubled and&#x2F;or miserable, but they are depicted as outliers within the Culture.