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TechCrunch · Aug 9, 2026 3:00 PM EDT Not market news

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
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