Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong?

Source: mitTechReview November 13, 2026 · 02:00
Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong?
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The self-styled visionaries of Silicon Valley, leaders like OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, have built careers claiming to see the future. Long-term vision is currency: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg built a 10-year road map for Facebook in 2016, and Google famously told investors before its public offering that it was unconcerned…
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