2017年4月1日 星期六

Iain Banks 1954-2013: Elon Musk

Iain Banks was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. Wikipedia
BornFebruary 16, 1954, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2vrypvdqWI
Iain Banks - Raw Spirit (BBC Scotland interview)


When Elon Musk wants a catchy name for a new product, he raids the novels of Iain M. Banks, the science-fiction author who died in 2013. They are books you need to read if you want to understand the thinking of today's tech titans. From The Economist’s 1843 magazine

Iain M. Banks, Silicon Valley’s favourite author
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