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black and white drawing of a man holding the head of a childlike Android, wiring hanging from the throat. Caption: "SECOND VARIETY BY PHILIP K. DICK ILLUSTRATED BY EBEL The claws were bad enough in the first place-nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imi- tate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace-if it could!"

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black and white drawing of a man holding the head of a childlike Android, wiring hanging from the throat. Caption: "SECOND VARIETY BY PHILIP K. DICK ILLUSTRATED BY EBEL The claws were bad enough in the first place-nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imi- tate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace-if it could!"
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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Apr-2025 01:27:22 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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@gerrymcgovern
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Having read many sci-fi novels over the decades and seeing all to many converge on our reality,
I've always seen #TheMatrix as a not unlikely destiny for humanity.
We will soon be the less intelligent species competing for the same vital resources and are training them on human behavior without even trying to implement #Asimov's laws.🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦
This can only go the way of #PhilipKDick's #SecondVariety:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112664763147341064
(*Brilliant*, free audiobook.)

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