Celestial Weasel (celestialweasel) wrote,
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Work 'til you're messel bound

Another Anathem question

How did the saecular power know that the three inviolates were where the nuclear waste etc. was stored? Civilisations are supposed to rise and fall, but the powers-that-be somehow had passed down the knowledge and so saved the millennial maths from the 3rd sack. Discuss.
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