How To Actually Use Science Fiction To See Your Amazing Future
Nov 4 · 3 min read

I have a confession to make — Elon Musk, and I have something in common — we both read and love Iain M. Banks, the sadly now deceased author of the Culture series of novels.
Banks wrote about a dozen books, all set in the far future of humanity, in a post-scarcity future, where humans, aliens, bots, and minds (independent thinking AI) live together in…

