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I don't know. You jumped on me out of the blue with this. I have about a week to answer before comments will be closed here and, frankly, I do not have enough f
by thesz 8y ago
I don't know. You jumped on me out of the blue with this. I have about a week to answer before comments will be closed here and, frankly, I do not have enough free time to think my answer through.
So here I am: I don't know.
On contrary, Watts, who spend several years thinking his fiction through, should have better answers than what he presented to us.
- red75prime 8y agoThe Strugatsky brothers didn't offer a solution too. They mostly hand-waved the question. It goes like this, if I am not mistaken: when humanity situation became dire, humans suddenly changed their minds and became one single family.
- thesz 8y agoYou are not completely right. "The Final Circle of Paradise" offers a view on problems besides "humanity situation became dire" and a solution, if you may call it a solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Circle_of_Paradise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Circle_of_Paradise
- red75prime 8y agoIt is not a solution indeed. It's what happens now. Marijuana legalization, computer games and so on.
- thesz 8y agoAnd there was a solution proposed.