✍ Scribed by Clarke, Arthur C.
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How will the world end? If we accept the conclusions of Childhood's End, instead of a nuclear holocaust we will expect to see a Golden Age, during which all world crises will be resolved and all social problems will evaporate, followed by a final cataclysm triggered by a source from which we least expect it.
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