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Tom Maier continue on season 3 (An Airbag Saved My Life) with a roundtable of guests: Aharon Dubovin, Connor Sayger, and Sam Davis discuss the differences between a utopia of no surprises and no alarms vs the “possibility of mass destruction” (by fire) presented in Hawthorne’s ‘Fire Worship’. 

Sources: 

⁠No Surprises⁠’ lyrics by Radiohead

 ‘⁠Fire Worship⁠’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

⁠The Machine Stops⁠’ by E.M. Forester

⁠The Time Machine⁠’ by H.G. Wells

& ⁠Short Film⁠