# Joshua Achiam jokes that Silicon Valley speedruns Ender's Game technology

> Original title: One has to understand how much of Silicon Valley is about speedrunning every piece of technology from Ender's Game and its sequels. Now t...

- Source: Joshua Achiam
- Published: 2026-10-31T04:28:24.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/melhjq5kgi52aastguqrp7gnx
- Original: https://x.com/jachiam0/status/2116386783881568480

## Summary

Joshua Achiam says Silicon Valley tends to speedrun every technology from Ender's Game and its sequels. He adds that now that ASI is doing theoretical physics, a YC hype wave of ansible companies is about five seconds away.

## Post

One has to understand how much of Silicon Valley is about speedrunning every piece of technology from Ender's Game and its sequels. Now that ASI is doing theoretical physics we're five seconds away from a YC hypewave of ansible companies

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