Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第155/327页)

oretiehousewivesweredoingawholeweek’sgroceryshoppingandsomepeoplewerejustansweringordeletinge-mails.Stillotherswereinchatroomstalkingohfriendsaivesohersideoftheglobeortalkingtoabsolutestrangersinfntries.Inaword,youbuyanythingyouwantohtheexceptionsormedicationthatneededadoctor’sprescription.Thewebalsoofferedallkindseandmultifariousinformation,suchasteagyouhowtomakeabombyourselfathomeandhowtoitsuicideettheendImaginatioheclusionthatsolongasyouknowhowtooperatethishandyandportablemae,youhavealltheinformationtheworldhastoofferinyourpalm.Ofcoursetherewerelotsofotherfunsofthishandyandportablemaethattheyhadnotdiscovered.

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    Aftermakingaroundofthiscaféwhichfusedthedecorofoldfashionedcharmandgracewiththatoftheme,Imaginationandherpanioivitymetinfrontoftherge,bright,squeakywindow.Creativitywasatalndathletic-lookingyoungman,muchlikeahandsomesungodApollo.Hewastalndstalwart,excludinganairofeye-dazzlingbrilliancelikethesun.HispanionImaginatioirelydifferent.Asidefromabeautifultenance,hercharacterwasgentle,seandalluringasthemoonlightandasbelovedbyall.Imaginationwassayingmusingly,

    “Thefactthatsce,civilizationandteologyhaveprogressedtothepresentstageisreallyunbelievable.”Creativityfoldedhisarmsoverhischestandreplied,

    “Notonlythat.Manisalsodevelopingameansoftransportationthatwouldehemtotravelintotheuniverse.ManyyearsagotheyhadalreadyhemootargetmustbeMars.Aftertheyhavevisitedallsinthesorsystem,theymayevengobeyondthatandadvaheremoteMilkyWaySystem.”

    “Really”mutteredImagination.“Suchspeedisreallyunimagihinksceisprogressingtoofast.Manshouldstopandthinkwhatshouldbedo;ortoputitmorebluntlytheyshouldsiderwhetheritisworthwhiletopushforwardattheratetheyaredoingnow.”

    “What?”excimedCreativity,“stop?That’simpossible.”Usinghistoindicatetheseoutsidethewindows,hesaid,“Lookatthepassingcarsoreets.Man’steologyandcivilizationarelikecarswithoutbrakes.Oheearteditwillop.Onlywhenthegasinitstankisallusedupwillitslowdownandstop.Sooncourse,theadvaofsdteologywillop.”

    “That’sjustwhatIamworriedabout”saidImagination,brushingasideastrandofhairthathadfallentoherforehead.ShelookedatCreativityandsaid,“Man’sbehaviorislikethatalsonwhosquahemohimbyhisforefathersvishlywithoutrestraint.Theyarediggingandexcavatingeverywhere,uhingmineralsandothernaturalmaterials.TheseareGod’sgifttothepandshouldnotbeusedupsoheedlesslywithoutthoughttofuturegeions.Whatwouldhappeheyhadexcavatedeverything?ThatiswhyIsaymanshouldstopforamomenttorefledthinkthingsoverandthendecidehowthingsshouldbedo.”

    “Whatshouldbedo…”mutteredCreativity.“Whatisyouropinionoftheep?”

    “Thepathofthedevelopmentofhumancivilizationhasbeenhard,twistinganduheyshouldstopandlookbawhattheyhavegohrough.Lookattheecologicalbanceofournaturalenvironowandpareitwithwhatitwasbefore.Itispletelydifferentandbeynitionfromwhatwas.Ifmahewaytheyhavebeendoing,theresultwouldhardlybearthinking.SothatiswhyIthinkManshouldstoptoreflect,thinkthingsover,dosomehoselfintrospeanddecidewhateptotake.Humancivilizationhadgohroughatorturousanduht