I am doubtful. Is there anyone here who got into computer science because of The Matrix?

Wanting to recreate a sci-fi subplot irl can only get you so far, especially in an engineering field.

These movies are of course loved by all the nerds, me included; but I’d guess the causality is different than what the twitter poster suggests.

> tell stories about technology so compelling that people dedicate their lives to advancing the frontier

Not to mention that the point of a lot of these stories was to not advance the frontier in that particular direction.