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The idea that industrial civilizations tend to destroy themselves was a commonplace during the Cold War. The Paperclip Maximizer is a lot like the magic broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and bureaucracies in the literature of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
The idea that industrial civilizations tend to destroy themselves was a commonplace during the Cold War. The Paperclip Maximizer is a lot like the magic broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and bureaucracies in the literature of the Austro-Hungarian empire.