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self-deterrence camp

First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 44 (Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Cosmic Safety Notice: A Lonely Performance Art)

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Book 3: Death's End

Ch 44Advocates building a system beyond human control that would destroy the world if humanity behaved inconsistently with its claimed safe nature.

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Book 3 · Ch 44Humanity debates safety notice proposals
After the Sophon–Cheng Xin–Luo Ji conversation is publicized, humanity floods in proposals for a safety notice, which divide into declaratory and self-mutilation camps, but none solve the problem of convincing a distant universe.

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