Factorio has Silicon Valley tycoons like Elon Musk under its spell, and one $7 billion CEO is letting employees expense the game

Tobias Lutke, founder and chief executive officer of Shopify Inc., at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The meeting includes over 5,200 delegates representing 40 countries aiming to reimagine the global economy so the benefits and opportunities of free enterprise are extended to everyone.

The bourgeoisie is an eternal mystery. What do they get up to up there, in their shiny high-rise towers with their millions and billions of dollars? What schemes do they hatch? What frontiers do they plot to plunder? What proud, arrogant conspiracies swirl in the penthouses and the boardrooms?

Oh, they're just playing Factorio.