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OKIsItJustMe

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5. Project Gutenberg: The Marching Morons by C. M. Kornbluth

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Sat Oct 19, 2024, 11:23 PM

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51233

❝The pioneer and would-be spacefarer Elon Musk said he would like to die on Mars, though not on impact. Martian conditions suggest death on impact might be preferable.❞
― James Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

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