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We should build Jurassic Park

One of my favorite movies promotes an unfortunate anti-progress worldview

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Jun 15, 2022
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The original Jurassic Park is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Objectively, it’s probably not even one of Stephen Spielberg’s top-five films and arguably doesn’t even belong in the top 10. But it came out when I had just turned 12, the perfect age to see a scary movie about dinosaurs — my dad took me to something like a 10 a.m. showing on its first S…

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