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An imagined copper garden robot considers a rubber ball while a garden gnome appears to supervise.EDITION 008
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A mower wants a hand. A vacuum brings a smaller vacuum. A robot fingertip listens carefully. Six dispatches from a future discovering that doing one thing well can require a surprising amount of assistance.

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