[seanc]

Kim Stanley Robinson's description of a Martian space elevator falling and wrapping twice around the entire planet convinced me that they aren't a good idea.

https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/content/clarke

[indoordin0saur]

A fictional representation of a thing exaggerated for dramatic effect and to create plot tension shouldn't really convince you of many things at all. They're rarely accurate portrayals.

[enraged_camel]

A version of this also happens in the first season of Foundation, the Apple TV series based on Asimov's novels.

[joenot443]

Would you recommend that show to the HN crowd? The books are super well liked around here, for good reason.

Apple's put out a staggering amount of content the last few years, I wasn't even aware this one debuted!

[gilbetron]

The Mars one is much more interesting and traumatic :)

[ben_w]

In adition to being fictional, what would happen on Mars does not reflect what would happen on Earth as the Martian atmosphere is so much thinner than ours.