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		2024throwaway on Feb 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Neal Stephenson was prescient about our AI age "The event" happens in the first sentence of the book.

ckozlowski on Feb 7, 2024 [–]

I'm pretty sure OP is referring to either the ramifications of that event (the climax of part 1), or perhaps the end of part 1 which sets part 2 in motion (with a drastic change in focus).

I'm being deliberately vague in order to not reveal spoilers.

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