Ask HN: Which Sci-Fi book(s) inspired you to build something amazing?
Recently getting into the Asimov books again after a long hiatus. What Sci-Fi has inspired you to build something?
Recently getting into the Asimov books again after a long hiatus. What Sci-Fi has inspired you to build something?
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That's not really how engineering works. What ultimately seems whiz-bang (light bulb, aviation, iphone) evolves piecemeal from existing infra and a million false starts. They don't emerge from the thrall of "I, Robot", which is less about the tech so much as the emotional exploration of a what-if.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(novel...