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WWI history doesn't seem as much like the plot of a William Gibson novel as the international incident under discussion does.

• gwern 13y ago
  Given the assassination plots, spies, mobilization orders, frantic telegraph communications and other things, it does, actually.
  • rdouble 13y ago
    WWI is more like a Neal Stephenson novel. I'll admit I never read the Difference Engine, though.