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  "textContent": "In 1932, a 22-year-old John W. Campbell — later the _Astounding_ editor who shaped midcentury science fiction, and, as has been well documented, an open fascist — published \"The Last Evolution\" in _Amazing Stories_. It's narrated by the last thinking machine on Earth, recalling how humanity went extinct. — Read the rest \n\nThe post In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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