The Titans of modern technology are building the world they once read about

Elon Musk , Jeff Bezos , Jensen Huang , and others are the Titans of modern technology.

Authors say they grew up on a common canon of sci-fi literature from Isaac Asimov to cyberpunk and the idealistic visions of Gene Roddenberry .

Authors: These architects of tomorrow appear to be building the world they once read about or viewed on a screen.

There’s a growing risk of a similar, data-driven “psychohistory” emerging, says Michael Applebaum .

Big data analytics, predictive policing, algorithmic governance, and AI-driven decision-making systems are at risk.

Applebaum : The future is being disproportionately shaped by a small, demographically homogeneous group of tech leaders whose visions are deeply rooted in the science fiction of their youth.