Lobotomy was banned in the USSR at the height of its international popularity. The Soviets made the right decision for a strange mix of good and bad reasons, which perhaps illustrates the importance of memetic diversity & multipolar decision-making structures as a resilience mechanism for humankind.
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Lobotomy: A Nobel Prize in Europe, Banned in the USSR
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