Beneath the City Streets

by Peter Laurie

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goliathonline 155 reviews

Definitely showing its age a bit, but meticulously researched and very fascinating example of what open-source analysis can produce. Also, concludes with a fairly chilling and prescient prediction of a post-automation economics and widespread disillusionment.

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