The mayor was impressed but confused. “So the quantum computer… thinks in fuzzy probabilities?”

“Exactly,” Lena said. “But here’s the useful lesson: ”

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“Classical computing is like a brilliant librarian,” Lena told the mayor. “It can find a single book perfectly. But this isn’t a book. It’s every possible combination of 10,000 pods taking 1,000 different routes. That’s more possibilities than atoms in the universe.”