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		7thaccount on Oct 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can lab-grown brains become conscious? Reminds me of Ursula Leguin's "the ones who walk away from Omelas" which is pretty horrifying in its own way.

Balgair on Oct 29, 2020 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Om...

For the curious like I was.

I'm sure it's an inspiration for The Giver, which has a similar ending.

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