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Thoroughly Thursday - The Overachieving Toaster Edition

This week, we're riding the currents of innovation. Also, enjoying Martha Wells' awesome Murderbot, enjoying the average days, and Ryan Coogler's innovative film deal.

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Apr 25, 2025
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Welcome back to Thoroughly Thursday, the Overachieving Toaster Edition. In 1930, famed British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote a famous paper in which he surmised that the continual innovations in technology would eventually make it so that within 100 years (i.e., 2030, or 5 years from now), the majority of people would work, perhaps, 15 hours a wee…

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