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Interlude א: The Cracks In The Sky

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Scott Alexander

March 14, 1969 Washington, DC Richard Nixon was confused and upset. It wasn’t that he hadn’t expected problems. He’d only been on the job six weeks, but he knew a president had to be ready for anything. But “anything” was … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1: Dark Satanic Mills

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Scott Alexander

It is good practice to have your program poke around at runtime and see if it can be used to give a light unto the Gentiles. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 10, 2017 Palo Alto The apocalypse began in a cubicle. Its … Continue reading →

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Prologue

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Scott Alexander

I. In retrospect, there had been omens and portents. (“We are now approaching lunar sunrise,” said William Anders, “and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send … Continue reading →

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