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  "textContent": "\n\nA postdoctoral researcher finds an unindexed drive in an archive. On it is a consciousness — a former mathematician, recruited by a company with a DARPA contract and transhumanist credentials, who agreed to be uploaded out of his failing body. What follows is an intriguing piece of science fiction by Henry Weikel. — Read the rest \n\nThe post A consciousness on an old drive tells its awful story appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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