The techies were all there to celebrate Silicon Valley’s newest obsession: “Dune: Part Two,” the latest movie adapted from the Frank Herbert-authored science-fiction saga, which helped inspire many…
“Escape Hatch” podcast co-hosts Matt Herrero, left, and Jason Goldman who recorded an installment of their audio series after a premiere party for “Dune: Part Two” at a movie theater complex in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 29, 2024. Across science fiction obsessed Silicon Valley, from venture capital firms to tech executive circles, people booked their own private screenings of the second installment of the Denis Villeneuve-directed movie series.
The techies were all there to celebrate Silicon Valley’s newest obsession: “Dune: Part Two,” the latest movie adapted from the Frank Herbert-authored science-fiction saga, which helped inspire many of them to become interested in technology. The film, which follows the 2021 installment “Dune,” sold an estimated $81.5 million in tickets in the United States and Canada over the weekend, the biggest opening for a Hollywood film since “Barbie.
“If you’re a VC firm and you’re not hosting a private Dune II screening, are you even a VC firm?” Ashlee Vance, a longtime technology journalist, wrote in a post on X last month. “It is one of the original world-building exercises in genre fiction, and we’re all about world-building here,” said Jason Goldman, a former Twitter executive who joined Matt Herrero, a techie friend, to create the “Escape Hatch” podcast during the pandemic lockdowns.
“What people want, what they’re always trying to recreate, is that charismatic leader with the ability to see into the future,” Goldman said. “The hero worship of Steve Jobs is right up there with the fanatical praise of Paul Atreides.”
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