"Sam Altman's got one although Mark Zuckerberg's is, apparently, bigger. Peter Thiel's is described as mega and located in New Zealand. These days, a doomsday bunker (or, in Elon Musk's case, an apocalypse resort) is de rigueur for any self-respecting billionaire enough to make you wonder if they know something we don't."
"Unlike Clive Owen's Andy Ronson in A Murder at the End of the World, saving a few hand-picked individuals isn't enough for this girl-boss-cum-tech-bro. Instead, Redmond has gone a step further, building the world's largest underground city, an ersatz all-American suburb, accommodating 25,000 people while a climate catastrophe plays out above their heads."
"So convincing is this Truman Show-style facsimile complete with robo-ducks and a massive lightbulb suspended in the sky that it's not until the final moments of the pilot episode that viewers realised where the story was taking place, or what kind of show they were watching."
Wealthy billionaires including Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk are constructing elaborate underground bunkers and apocalypse-themed facilities, sparking public curiosity about their motivations. This trend has inspired entertainment content, notably the Disney+ series Paradise, which features a tech billionaire building an underground city accommodating 25,000 people designed as a replica American suburb complete with artificial environments. The show employs a bait-and-switch narrative where viewers initially believe they're watching a conventional story before discovering the setting is underground. As the series progresses into its second season, the narrative becomes more nuanced, revealing that the apocalyptic scenario may not have occurred as anticipated, suggesting a more complex exploration of survival and societal collapse themes.
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