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Is it a fact—or have I dreamt it—that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? Rather, the round globe is a vast head, a brain, instinct with intelligence! Or, shall we say, it is itself a thought, nothing but thought, and no longer the substance which we deemed it!
The Information
James Gleick
In many ways a timeless cautionary tale, Kindred, with its symbolic demonstration of the tragic truth that social progress is reversible, is especially relevant now. As our world is transformed by political shifts, we must remain conscious of this, and, like Dana, arm ourselves with all that might be needed to protect our freedoms.
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
The branch wants only to go on branching. The point of the game is to keep playing.
The Overstory
Richard Powers
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