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Consider The True Picture. Think Of Myriads Of Tiny Bubbles, Very Sparsely Scattered, Rising Through A Vast Black Sea. We Rule Some Of The Bubbles. Of The Waters We Know Nothing.

I Don't Have A Strong Interest In History.

For Each Human Being There Is An Optimum Ratio Between Change And Stasis. Too Little Change, He Grows Bored. Too Little Stability, He Panics And Loses His Ability To Adapt. One Who Marries Six Times In Ten Years Won't Change Jobs. One Who Moves Often To Serve His Company Will Maintain A Stable Marriage. A Woman Chained To One Home And Family May Redecorate Frantically Or Take A Lover Or Go To Many Costume Parties.

It's Very Difficult For A Black Man To Get Out Of South-central Los Angeles, And Get Out Civilized....the Only Men I Know Who Have Escaped, All Began Reading Robert Heinlein At Age Ten.

Psi And/or Magical Powers, If Real, Are Nearly Useless.