Greg Egan on Nostr: If you want to feel good about humanity for 2½ hours, “Thirteen Lives” is a ...
If you want to feel good about humanity for 2½ hours, “Thirteen Lives” is a tense, moving, inspiring tale of the 2018 Thai cave rescue, when ingenuity, bravery, cooperation, desperation and luck paid off. The bitter aftertaste is how many children we’ve collectively failed since.
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