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I believe this is a central premise of Peter Watts' Rifters series, related to submarines and astronauts and such, wherein "broken" people are considered more r
by jimmygrapes 3mo ago
I believe this is a central premise of Peter Watts' Rifters series, related to submarines and astronauts and such, wherein "broken" people are considered more resilient to heavy shit than the equally capable/trained people who may more likely break when faced with said heavy shit.
- fc417fc802 3mo agoThere's broken and then there's just outliers. There are also small clusters that aren't the norm but aren't really outliers either. (Also Watts writing is fantastic.)