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Crossword 069: Technological Innovations

From Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851
From Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851

This puzzle evokes a dystopian future in which machines, built to drudge for us, acquire wills of their own and become our masters.  At first glance it may seem like just a good thriller.  More serious solvers, however, will find beneath the surface a profound meditation on what it means to be human.


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