Re: Possible "pull quotes" for upcoming Superiors books
This one was posted over in GenChat - part of it is for Jean and part is for Marc:
"It is a truism that the structure of a society is basically determined by its technology. Not in an absolute sense—there may be totally different cultures using identical tools—but the tools settle the possibilities; you can't have interstellar trade without spaceships. A race limited to a single planet, possessing a high knowledge of mechanics but with its basic machines of industry and war requiring a large capital investment, will inevitably tend toward collectivism under one name or another. Free enterprise needs elbow room."
- Poul Anderson, Margin of Profit (1956)
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