Editing Blog/2026-03-03/As The Magic Leaves (section)

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In the sense of startup founders' paranoia, anxiety here is a useful trait. It keeps the society from believing that success has already been achieved forever.
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The kinds of numbers mustered by powers of that era boggle the mind. Millions dead in trenches. Planes manufactured in the [[wikipedia:Ilyushin Il-2|tens]] of [[wikipedia:Messerschmitt Bf 109|thousands]] over less than a decade. That makes even a hundred thousand lost souls seem small.
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