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Marshall Brain, who recently committed suicide, wrote a book in 02003 about this; it's called "Manna". Unfortunately, before he killed himself, he removed it f

by kragen 1y ago

Marshall Brain, who recently committed suicide, wrote a book in 02003 about this; it's called "Manna". Unfortunately, before he killed himself, he removed it from his website. Fortunately, he didn't remove it from the WABAC machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20040903175746/http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040903175746/http://marshallbr... It's a disturbingly prescient read, and unfortunately I don't find the optimistic ending plausible.

mooreds 1y ago
I came here to post the Manna story. I've read it multiple times and found it eerily prescient. (It reminds me a bit of what L. Bob Rife[0] was trying to accomplish as well in Snow Crash.) I didn't know Brain had committed suicide :( . More details about that[1]. 0: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/L._Bob_Rife https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/L._Bob_Rife 1: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/12/16/nc-state-employee-denounced-university-his-suicide https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-...
- kragen 1y ago
  Yeah :-(
brendoelfrendo 1y ago
It appears to be back up on his website? Unless this version is in some way incomplete or not the original: https://marshallbrain.com/manna https://marshallbrain.com/manna
- kragen 1y ago
  You're right! Thank you! This is a better link.