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What I Found On Arthur C Clarke’s Bookshelf in Sri Lanka

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Futurism Tech Brief By HackerNoon
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Feb 15, 2026
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Summary

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/what-i-found-on-arthur-c-clarkes-bookshelf-in-sri-lanka-71c602bc1fdc . So I was in Sri Lanka over the holiday season. It was part vacation and part business trip (one of my MIT classmates, Prasath, had started a company there that I invested in and I have been promising to visit for many years). Check more stories related to futurism at: https://hackernoon.com/c/futurism . You can also check exclusive content about #science-fiction , #space , #arthur-c-clarke , #satellite-technology , #space-exploration , and more. This story was written by: @rizstanford . Learn more about this writer by checking @rizstanford's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com .