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The Chronicles Of The SteelCaver
Created on 2004-05-04 20:18:12 (#3049340), last updated 2009-12-05
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"Efficiency had been forced on Earth with the increasing population. Two billion people, three billion, even five billion could be supported by the planet by progressively lowering the standard of living. When the population reaches eight billion, however, semi-starvation becomes too much like the real thing...
Think of the inefficiency of a hundred thousand houses for a hundred thousand families as compared with a hundred-thousand-unit Section; a book collection in each house as compared with a Section book-film concentrate; independent video for each family as compared with video-piping-systems. For that matter, take the simple folly of endless duplication of kitchens as compared with the thoroughly efficient diners made possible by City culture.
More and more the villages, towns, and "cities" of earth died and were swallowed by the Cities.
Each City became a semi-autonomous unit, economically all but self-sufficient. It could roof itself in, gird itself about, burrow itself under. It became a steel cave; a tremendous, self-contained cave of steel and concrete."
~ Excerpted from Isaac Asimov's The Caves Of Steel
Having been informed that this "InterWeb" thing is on computers now, I felt the need to get involved.
I have one rule you should be aware of before commenting on any of my entries: disagreeing with my ideology is fine, but one who mocks others for no reason other than to be a whiny little twit will see their replies deleted. I started this journal so I could have interesting discussions with other people without having to bother with niceties like grooming or leaving my house. I maintain it in order to have those discussions. If your replies contribute nothing to the conversation, or seem to be little more than attention-whoring, they will be deleted. If I have to delete them on more than one occasion, you will be banned from commenting.
Another thing you should be aware of is that I make use of the custom security settings. Entries that have to do with my personal life will be locked to everyone except for a select few, and the more personal the issue is, the shorter the "select few" list will be. If you find that you can't see one of my entries, but one of our mutual friends can, don't take it personally. It's my journal, and my business.
In deference to lefties south of the Canada/U.S. border, I've linked to:
Roe v. Wade
Abortion
Bombing for Choice
Leave My Child Alone
and Military-Free Zone
... in the Excited States of America.
I believe that the crazy people need to stick together... the missing pieces of our minds are found in those around us.
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