▲ 1013 ▼ Looking at you, No Man's Sky (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Wait, wasn't it a metaphor for "some nuclear reactor so rudimentary that they could as well use steam engines"? I really don't remember it well. Anyway, he's famous for running the numbers for some things. But yeah, he absolutely didn't do it for all things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago wasn’t it a metaphor Maybe. I just remember re-reading the book in preparation for the TV Show's release, and being somewhat set back by how low tech even the more advanced set pieces were in the book compared to the show. It makes more sense when you recognize these books were written in the 1940s, practically before rocketry was a thing. But it's still a bit of a trip to see what Asimov considered the future would look like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago wasn’t it a metaphor Maybe. I just remember re-reading the book in preparation for the TV Show's release, and being somewhat set back by how low tech even the more advanced set pieces were in the book compared to the show. It makes more sense when you recognize these books were written in the 1940s, practically before rocketry was a thing. But it's still a bit of a trip to see what Asimov considered the future would look like. permalink fedilink source parent
