"It was written for its own time," I thought as the sci-fi book described scientists smoking indoors. A scene of regressive gender banter came next. "It's not written for me at all. I may get something out of it, but it wasn't made for posterity."

I've heard unenlightened views described as products of their time, often in the attempt to defend historical figures. In this case I'm reading a book that's come through time to be with me—written mid last century. I see the limits of the 1/2

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