The Bootstrap Paradox
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Last published Thu, Nov 4, 2021
A physicist who got fired. A man from nowhere who doesn't fit in. A professor with horrible political beliefs.
Eden Wilder is the most important woman in the world, but she has no idea why. Our future as a species is at stake, but who can she trust, and how can she figure this out?
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