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Read on Archive.org → Cover image from Wikimedia CommonsKatherine MacLean · 1952 · Short Story
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Read on Archive.org → Cover image from Wikimedia CommonsProfessor Dodd, threatened with losing his sociology department's funding, accepts a challenge from the university president: prove that sociology can accomplish something practical. He selects the Dodd's local Ladies' Sewing Circle and applies growth optimization formulas to its organizational structure. The results exceed all expectations. The circle absorbs the PTA, then local businesses, then city government, then state government. Each absorption follows the mathematical model perfectly. By the story's end, the sewing circle has absorbed the United Nations, and Professor Dodd is summoned to explain his work to what remains of independent authority.
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