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lantastic 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]

On topic of fear of nuclear war:

After reading Daniel Ellsberg's The Doomsday Machine, I'm surprised we as a species are still around.

arch_deluxe 39 days ago [–]

A book I highly recommend, but personally found distressing to read, especially the chapter on the strategy of targeting civilian populations, which continues to haunt me.

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