Time-scales

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "orionaut"

> 2) Your assumption that "132s" will do grunt work while "152s"
stare
> at the stars is a false one. Any 152 who isn't ready and willing
to
> take his or her turn (literally!) shoveling shit (whatever else
the
> inhabitants of an O'Neillian orbital habitat may be, they wil
surely
> be FARMERS) won't make the cut to begin with.

How does this square with your Libertarian ethos, of which a
significant part is the "government should get out of the lives of
its citizens." If a 152 can achieve higher utility performing a task
for which he is better suited than a 132, why would the "government"
force him to do work of more common utility? Sound kind of communist
if you ask me.

Logocal inconsistancies are starting to show.

> Fra more to the point: Any individual who is not ready, willing,
and
> EAGER to actively contribute to the caretaking and education of
the
> comunity's children won't make the cut either, no matter HOW high
his
> or her IQ :)
>
> spike

Now the State is intruding into the family life of the individual.
Wouldn't you rail against this if it happened in the good ole U.S.
of A?

In another post you referenced an author who referred to other
societies as static. Doesn't it strike you as odd that your "State"
is going to apply such a uniform standard to selection, going right
down to the ways in which families conduct themselves that you will
squeeze out all variety and dynamism and become the epitomy of
a "static" society?

TangoMan