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Philosopher Jeremy Bentham first conceived of the Panopticon as the ultimate tool for reform. But as @frostyplum shows us, after its failure, the term
seems to have, uhm, escaped confinement.
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John Etzler would have wanted to be remembered as a visionary, who strove to create a world of free of labor; instead, he led untold numbers of hopeful colonists to their deaths.
"The Paradise Within Reach of All Men." Only in Failure to Launch.
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Hey, folks! D'you know our friend, Ethyl?
Your parents sure did. She cost 'em a few IQ points.
Legendary cartoonist of "Awkward Zombie" @katietiedrich covers the unparalleled environmental disaster of ethyl gas, only in "Failure to Launch!"
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Once upon a time, people believed the final thing a deceased being saw was forever imprinted on its retinas.
...And they tried to use that to solve crimes.
"Dead Eyed," by Erin Keepers and Fend Hamilton! Only in "Failure to Launch!"
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1738 - Paris, France.
A mechanician presents The Digesting Duck: a miraculous automaton capable of eating and, er, evacuating.
A young watchmaker will spend the next decade attempting to uncover its secret... and regret it.
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Bullet train? Tram? Trolley? None for me, thanks.
I travel exclusively by PNEUMATIC TUBE. Like letters in an old-fashioned New York skyscraper!
Check out @CatParrts' coverage of the New York subway that almost was, only in "Failure to Launch!"
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You can pout about flying cars all you like! WHERE IS MY FULLY-AUTOMATED POST-SCARCITY LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM?!
@grasshopperpie asks, whatever happened to the Star Trek future we all expected?
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@bluedelliquanti explores the promise of humanity's space faring future... and the danger of reproducing our current, unsustainable systems in a new environment.
Meet the new world, same as the old world.
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We've been denied so much by our government.
But me? I'm most upset about the Louisiana hippo ranches.
"One Man's Beast, Another Man's Bacon," by @TripleDreamTeam! ONLY in "Failure to Launch!"
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World's Fairs used to be expos championing progress, industry, and the promise of a better future.
And then... everything changed.
Thanks, Capitalism!
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