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L’Intime et le Commun—The Intimate and the Open

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Uncommon Sense

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as my title indicates, perhaps somewhat obscurely, I shall talk about one aspect of our life which may change very much in the times ahead, which has to do with how we will live tomorrow, “Comment vivre demain.” [...] I am aware, as we all are, but perhaps a little more sharply, that there is still an open question of whether we will live tomorrow, whether we can live through the threat to life and civilization.

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N. Metropolis Gian-Carlo Rota David Sharp J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Metropolis, N., Rota, GC., Sharp, D., Oppenheimer, J.R. (1984). L’Intime et le Commun—The Intimate and the Open. In: Metropolis, N., Rota, GC., Sharp, D., Oppenheimer, J.R. (eds) Uncommon Sense. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6735-2_13

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