Re:Yet another novel I will no longer write
by kortilla on Saturday April 04, 2020 @10:13PM
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A widely spread and aged idea doesn’t make it any less wrong.
Re:Yet another novel I will no longer write
by SideburnsOfDoom on Sunday April 05, 2020 @08:51AM
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Sure, though a comment on HN by someone who first heard the term 20 minutes ago and misses the main point of it, _really_ doesn't make it wrong.
FYI, there is at least one book written on the subject based on research of real-world disasters
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/books/21book.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6444492-a-paradise-built...
Cory Doctorow writes about it as well:
https://boingboing.net/2013/04/14/elite-panic-why-rich-peopl...
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/cor...
It is hardly Mr Stross's own idea, and I would not dismiss it so glibly after a minute's thought and a very shallow understanding.