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The Maniac

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What’s it about?

A dark prism through which to examine the terrifying brilliance of John von Neumann and the moral catastrophe of twentieth-century science.

You’ll learn

  • How genius becomes unmoored from humanity
  • The birth of game theory and computing
  • The moral cost of pure calculation
  • Why knowledge without wisdom is dangerous