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3/ I've got a theory that Stephenson is actually a secret edgelord, but - like
@slatestarcodex - is preaching the reddish-gray pill to the blue-gray tribe. He plants seeds, and then hopes that they grow, I think. e.g. in Seveneves he talks about how racism is bad and stupid >Show this thread -
4/ ...and then spends 20 million pages talking about the seven races of mankind, and how they have different strengths and weaknesses entirely because of genetics, and how these differences persist through thousands of years.
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5/ In Anathem he seems to write a love-letter to universities ...but really, it's more about monasteries.
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6/ He also has a TON of red-gray tribe characters, and casual ownership of firearms is just a background accepted thing.
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