From the page: “Ken MacLeod’s comments. The title comes from two quotes: ‘Work as if you lived in the early days of a better nation.’ – Alasdair Gray. “If these are the early days of a better nation, there must be hope, and a hope of peace is as good as any, and far better than a hollow hoarding greed or the dry lies of an aweless god.” – Graydon Saunders”
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