[TML] A Plague of Spacemen

[John Kwon]

On 10/9/07, royce at efn.org <royce at efn.org> wrote:
>
> About what I'd guessed.  Just checking.  Thanks.
>   Sincerely,
> Asher
>
> PS  It's tempting to bring up purchasing power comparisons between high
> and low tech worlds, but let's not.  Studies on relative purchasing power
> between Earth's historical eras produce muddle aplenty already.


I am a firm believer that the Star Trek Prime Directive (which they didn't
seem to follow) was a bit of wisdom, as far as planets with radically
different technology goes.

Look at the trouble it causes here on Earth when we let technology go
anywhere.