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this space station, which he sees as the crucial first step toward the colonization of space, "...a lot of hardships should (sic) be encountered and overcome. What we (sic) don't want is for these hardships to generate a backlash. Supporters of space colonization should (sic) show a measured judgement ^× no snake oil salesmen are needed." L-5 News, April 1976 At the present time, as always, political-spiritual-aesthetic differences alienate human groups. Most of these conflicts (for example Irish-Catholic versus BelfastProtestant, Arab versus Jew, Democrat versus Republican) serve only to provide a sense of self-identity and escape from boredom to the groups involved and are irrelevant to the evolutionary process. Major political conflicts, however, ^× the coldwar blocs ^× are genetically useful in that they stimulate the great monolithic powers into technological competition which furthers the evolution of the human nervous system. ...one ominous possibility ^× the restrictive limitation of postterrestrial reality by bureaucrats who are unashamed advocates of "hardship," control and uniformity. The best explanation of how technological competition, i.e. extension of the neuromuscular systems, operates as a basic cause of the last century of warfare can be found in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, a book which serves well as an initiatory primer for Space Migration aspirants. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/All%20Users/...y%20Leary/Leary,%20Timothy%20-%20Neuropolitics.txt (233 of 256)4/14/2004 11:27:20 PM