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Are we living in a Robert Heinlein-type reality? (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 2 hrs ago OP
And here I was thinking it was more Philip K. Dick.... 68er 2 hrs ago #1
Yes. Jirel 2 hrs ago #2
I never read RH. bamagal62 2 hrs ago #3
I really think Musk read Heinlein and took his ideas to heart. OAITW r.2.0 2 hrs ago #4

Jirel

(2,386 posts)
2. Yes.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:43 PM
2 hrs ago

Just look at all his fake headline interlude chapters from his later years. They used to be soooooo funny and over the top.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,881 posts)
4. I really think Musk read Heinlein and took his ideas to heart.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:57 PM
2 hrs ago

Suggest reading, The Man Who Sold the Moon.....It,s pretty short but it explains how the individual, with enough capital, can make himself bullet-proof from legal justice.

When you are a trillionaire, you think different from the rest of us.

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