[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[VaeVictis]

Thanks for posting that!
I've been wondering lately, just out of morbid curiosity: how many of us, if we knew for certain that the Machine would prevent the atrocities of the 20th century, would allow it continue its work?
I'd like to think I'd take a gamble on humanity (to my inevitable disappointment), but I honestly can't be certain I'd stop the Machine...

A world born from the mass slaughter of innocents is probably not one worth living in. But I'd still find the Machine more admirable than Mandus, who gets cold feet and destroys his creation out of a selfish desire for redemption.

Kind of parallels between Alexander and Daniel's motivations.

Agreed, exchanging one atrocity for another is a sure sign of a broken world. But, given the knowledge and capabilities of preventing it, who would use it?