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dividualisforgotten.And
when I think of the crisis to come—"
What crisis?
Anewgenerationisgrowingup.Tenorfifteenyearsfromnowwe'll
havesucceededinerasingpoliticalandracialandreligiousdivisions.But
there'llbeanewandmoredangerousdifferentiation;aphysical
one.
Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenwhenhalftheworldisaroundsixfeet
tall and the other half under three?
I can't imagine.
WellIcan.Thetroubleismostpeopledon'trealizewhattheproblem
willbe.Thingshavemovedtooswiftly.Whythereweremorechanges
inthelasthundredyearsthaninthepreviousthousand [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!Andtherateof
accelerationincreases.Upuntilnowwe'vebeenconcernedabouttoo
rapidtechnologicaldevelopment.Butwhatwehavetoworryaboutis
social development.
Most people have been conditioned to conform.
Yes.That'sourjobinVocationalApt.Butthesystemonlyworks
whenthere'sasinglestandardofconformity.Inafewyearsthere'llbea
double onebased on size. What then?
Harrywantedsometimetoconsiderth[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]tterbutthequestionwas
neveranswered.BecauseLarsNeilstromwentawayinthenightashad
hispredecessorsbeforehim.AndinsucceedinginterludesHarrycame
toknowahalf-dozenothertransientoccupantsofthecellnexttohis.
Theycamefromalloverandtheyhadmanythingstodiscussbutal-
waystherewastheproblemofwhy
theywerethere—andthememyilai:
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