<story><title>The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/08/the-importance-of-science-fiction-to-entrepreneurship/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>crdb</author><text>The article makes the case for the world descriptions and concepts introduced in SF being an inspiration to real world entrepreneurs, such as Stephenson inspiring the PayPal co-founders and a series of portal companies.&lt;p&gt;But science fiction has a greater impact in being one of the few forms in 20th century arts that dared to present an optimistic view of the future and of values that led to a better world, be it Picard&amp;#x27;s exemplary leadership in Star Trek TNG, or Heinlein&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;normal person finding their courage and values has an impact&amp;quot; novels.&lt;p&gt;Apocalypse Now or Brazil may be &amp;quot;great&amp;quot; movies but they are incredibly depressing. &amp;quot;Resign yourself to the brokenness of the world, people. The state&amp;#x2F;realpolitik will crush you.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;No&amp;quot;, says Asimov, &amp;quot;your actions matter and have an impact. Courage and reason are great qualities, go build the world you want.&amp;quot; How many other mainstream movies, books or artworks have this message, outside of science fiction?</text></comment>
<story><title>The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/08/the-importance-of-science-fiction-to-entrepreneurship/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Phithagoras</author><text>Good article. Anyone here a fan of Greg Egan? I found &amp;quot;Schild&amp;#x27;s Ladder&amp;quot; the best piece of Sci-Fi I ever read. Can anyone suggest similar authors?</text></comment>