Pacifist For Life

Pacifist For Life

Mutually Assured Survival

When the body is dead, it's cold.

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Scott C. Dunn
Jul 13, 2024
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We usually talk about mutually assured destruction. We fear it. We know it’s there. We live in the hope that the guy with access to the button restrains himself. Maybe we could talk about mutually assured survival, instead.

We live to replicate DNA. That’s it. Everything else is a bonus.

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