In an interview with TechCrunch, author China Miéville critiques the tech industry’s appropriation of science fiction, especially by figures like Elon Musk. He suggests that sci-fi is often misconceived as a roadmap for innovation, rather than a reflection of contemporary anxieties. Miéville connects the literary and tech worlds, pointing out that philosophical undercurrents in Silicon Valley shape its relationship with sci-fi. He expresses concern that treating influential works like those of Kim Stanley Robinson as blueprints for the future could lead to missed understandings of their deeper implications.
Miéville stated, "Silicon Valley has long been interested in science fiction, and this is sociological, with a crossover between the literary nerd world and the computer world."
He emphasized, "The Silicon Valley ideology has always been a weird, queasy mix of libertarianism, hippieness, granola crunch tech utopianism."
Regarding Elon Musk's interpretation of sci-fi works he said, "To treat authors like Kim Stanley Robinson as a blueprint for the future is truly a matter for sorrow."
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