Frederik Pohl by The Midas Plague

Author:The Midas Plague [Plague, The Midas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-12T21:13:10+00:00

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he explained. “Like the little salt mill that the boy wished for: it ground out salt and ground outsalt and ground out salt. He had to have salt, but not that much salt.

Whitehead explains it clearly”

They had another drink on Bigelow’s book.

Morey wavered over Tanaquil Bigelow. He said fuzzily,

“Listen. Mrs. Walter Tanaquil Strongarm Bigelow. Listen.”

She grinned smugly at him. “Brown hair,” she said dreamily.

Morey shook his head vigorously. “Never mind hair,” he ordered. “Never mind poem. Listen. In precise and el-emen~ta.-ry terms, explain to me what is wrong with the world today.”

“Not enough brown hair,” she said promptly.

“Never mind hair!”

“All right,” she said agreeably. “Too many robots. Too many robots make too much of everything.”

“Ha! Got it!” Morey exclaimed triumphantly. “Get rid of robots!”

“Oh, no. No! No! No. We wouldn’t eat. Everything is mechanized. Can’t get rid of them, can’t slow down pro-ductionslowing down is dying, stopping is quicker dying.

Principle of twoness is the concept that clarifies all these”

“No!” Morey said violently. “What should we do?”

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