On 1/15/14, 3:59 AM, Bela Patkai wrote:
This comment reminds me of Lampedusa's Leopard, who was characterized
somewhere in the novel as "The prince did not wish to help with that
noble cause as he was fully aware of his handicap of not being able to
dominate/bully people efficiently." [Quote is from memory.]
Yeah. That can be unpleasant as some are innocent or not characterized.
With the others, travel is pre-authorized!
Using a physical system metaphor (fluid flow), I believe in using
whatever mechanisms are available to encourage laminar flow between
highly disparate layers (wealth, opportunity, values being roughly
pressure, temperature, velocity vectors)..
Why not (solid) materials that can shear, show ductile strength, or
fail? Esp. if you want to model the possibility of `soul crushing'
events. Something needs to be crushed, no? It seems important to know
these limits. While we're at it, why not nucleosynthesis as a metaphor...
Marcus
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