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  "title": "Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/q-a-with-historian-jill-lepore-on-her-new-book-the-rise-and-fall-of",
  "topic": "culture",
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  "published": "2026-08-10T09:05:03.000Z",
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  "summary": "Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify — In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” …",
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