From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Dec 28 2000 - 01:00:32 MST
Emlyn wrote:
>
> We could see "people" (in the broadest sense) spread out amongst the stars
> in what looks very much like nomadic hunter-gatherers spreading across new
> continents. Hardly the galactic empires of the space operas.
>
Unless each individual was an entire society equivalent it would get
damn lonely and not very intellectually enlivening if that was the
case. Such stellar distances between neighbors seriously limits the
amount of communication and exchange. I see no reason to assume that
the future would decrease the benefits of association with others.
- samantha
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