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Julia's original email says, "We have nothing to lose." But in the end they lost everything — their company, their lives, everything. And the ironic thing is, the procedure worked. The swarm actually solved the problem they had set for it.

— Michael Crichton Prey (2002)

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We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another.

Hence the familiar ideas continue to be repeated, long past their demonstrable validity.

I want to mention in passing that punditry has undergone a subtle change over the years.

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This polarization of the issues has contributed greatly to our national paralysis, because it posits false choices which stifle debate essential to change.

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