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ALEXIS MADRIGAL
Senior editor at The Atlantic, author of the forthcoming book, Powering the Dream, @alexismadrigal, & UC Berkeley visiting scholar.
Out March 29 (Da Capo).
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Senior editor at The Atlantic, author of the forthcoming book, Powering the Dream, @alexismadrigal, & UC Berkeley visiting scholar.
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"In 1995, the structure, which had cost 3,5 billion euros to build, was sold to a Dutch investor for 2.5 million euros. The facility was turned into theme park, the cooling tower painted in a most gharish manner. The SNR-300, which was meant to be one step towards energy independence, as it was able to use the limited resources of nuclear fuel in a manner far more efficient than conventional reactors, became a travesty. This is what happens to technology when a society has grown stale; parties form with the aim to turn beacons of a technological society into adventure playgrounds where the few children which such a society produces can scamper around, while the grown ups become obese, suicidal, untrained, and unemployed."
The Herbert Bayer Cigarette Kiosk/Sculpture/Shrine for a Fast Breeder
