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Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")

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The Story of Omalas

It really is written at the beginning like a fairy tale. I think that's one reason maybe the telling of it orally works so well. She starts to get us to help her create the city. But she says early on, perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids. And then she's like, how about technology?

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