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Screenshot of a tweet from Alex Blechman (@AlexBlechman), whose profile picture is a cartoon Spider-Man lying on the floor. Text: "Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale" "Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus" 5:49 p.m. · 08 Nov. 21 · Twitter Web App

Don't Create the Torment Nexus, Tech Bros Say Hold My Beer

A famous tweet joking that tech companies keep building the dystopian inventions sci-fi authors wrote as warnings, a gripe familiar to readers of 80s and 90s sci-fi.

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Screenshot of a tweet from Alex Blechman (@AlexBlechman), whose profile picture is a cartoon Spider-Man lying on the floor. Text: "Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale" "Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus" 5:49 p.m. · 08 Nov. 21 · Twitter Web App

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