Naturally, they assume that when they do emerge, once their social inferiors have rebooted civilization, that their incredible finance-brains, their assault rifles, and their USBs full of BtC will allow them to command a harem and live a perpetual Frazetta-painting future.
Doctorow has also shared another story recently addressing global crisis “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth“, as well as readings of Poe’s original 1842 story, “The Masque of the Red Death” and Mark Twain’s “Punch, Brothers, Punch”.
Continuing on the topic, Bryan Alexander has shared an extensive collection of readings on the plague.