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Set in a post-atomic society, the story follows a high-minded scientific community that has built a colossal thinking machine which functions as an infallible adviser and quasi-religious arbiter. Political and military leaders, technocrats, and researchers converge on the foundation that houses the device as they wrestle with decisions about morality, governance, and humanity's future in space. The narrative traces a scientist's initiative to launch a crucial project, debates over control and responsibility for the machine's dictates, and the cultural adjustments of a society living under the machine's scrutiny. Themes include the tension between technological authority and human judgment, ethical complacency, and the costs of relying on infallible systems.
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