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Is the Human Mind the Last Private Place?
Between 1966 and 1968, I worked with nuclear missiles in Strategic Air Command. The hardware is not what stayed with me. It was the assumption running underneath, that no single human being's judgment, including mine, could be trusted on its own.
Two people. Two keys. Positioned far enough apart that one man having the worst night of his life could not, by himself, end anybody else's.
I have though
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Mindweavers I: Origins is about memory. The Nazi-engineered Mindweaver Virus doesn't just kill - it edits what people remember. If memory is the foundation of personal continuity, then whoever con See Full Answer |
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“If the human mind truly represents the last great frontier of technological exploration, preserving the freedom that resides within it may become one of the defining responsibilities of our age.”
― Mindweavers III - The Nightmare Collectors
― Mindweavers III - The Nightmare Collectors
“If the human mind truly represents the last great frontier of technological exploration, preserving the freedom that resides within it may become one of the defining responsibilities of our age.”
― Mindweavers III - The Nightmare Collectors
― Mindweavers III - The Nightmare Collectors
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