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To: Stitch who wrote (8102)	2/25/1999 12:26:00 AM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

My last comment on the subject, since I feel like the dumb one around here - not my usual position, I might add. While it is lovely that we discuss in depth, remember that you have to know the author to understand the book. We authors all are of the privileged, successful civilization which is now the dominant one. This colors our thinking about achievability tremendously. I remember living in India (almost two decades ago now) and realising that it (part of it, anyway) was once a dominant civilization. And long in ruins now. And it is not the fault of the living Indians that this is their life today. That nothing works efficiently, not even corruption. And it is not to our credit (individually) that we are so wealthy. It is a miracle that our society remains organized, so dependent as it is on mutual cooperation to stave off lawlessness. It takes little to disrupt permanently this fragile system. It is our lucky time in history. Check back in 500 years or so. I kind of miss 'Rational'. What was his name then? peter