[HN Gopher] Marshall Brain has passed away
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       Marshall Brain has passed away
        
       Author : ilaksh
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2024-11-23 18:02 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | ilaksh wrote:
       | I don't think that suicide thing is confirmed. The other day they
       | said cardiac arrest. Who knows.
       | 
       | But he has written some really good books, such as
       | https://marshallbrain.com/manna1
        
         | abraxas wrote:
         | Manna is such a prescient reading.
        
           | pstuart wrote:
           | Indeed. I fear we may not make it to the second half of the
           | book, but we gotta keep trying.
        
         | djmips wrote:
         | I wonder... https://marshallbrain.com/the-case-for-euthanizing-
         | everyone-...
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brain
        
       | jeffchuber wrote:
       | Rest in peace Marshall
        
       | MR4D wrote:
       | Manna shaped a lot of my worldview on tech and humanity. People
       | with vision like that are extremely rare.
       | 
       | He will be sorely missed.
        
       | gcanyon wrote:
       | I hadn't been to howstuffworks.com in years. It's...very
       | different now. Much more ad heavy, sensational, "the fourth one
       | will amaze you", "doctors hate #7", and just icky in a way I
       | don't remember it being ten years ago.
        
       | djmips wrote:
       | Just watched this recent video - quite moving.
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ua6IUZKN58
        
       | schiffern wrote:
       | https://old.reddit.com/user/MarshallBrain
       | 
       | It's an unusual post history. He seemed to post exclusively in a
       | set of small, self-created subreddits. It's quite an eclectic mix
       | of fascinating subjects!
       | 
       | In alphabetical order, I've found:
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/2ndIntelligentSpecies/
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       | https://old.reddit.com/r/AmAnimals/
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       | https://old.reddit.com/r/ChinaDomination/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/ConcentrationOfWealth/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayBook/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayNow/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/GreatCostumes/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/HarvestPorn/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/HowDogsWork/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/HowHumanBeingsWork/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/HowGodWorks/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanDecency/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/Ideathon/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/LockCarbon/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineThatMakesMoney/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/MarshallBrain/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/MBthin/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/MuskMarsColony/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/PeopleBeingAssholes/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/RedneckTech/
       | 
       | https://old.reddit.com/r/SomethingGoesWrong/
       | 
       | We didn't deserve him. May you find peace, Marshall Brain.
        
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