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"
In
the
nineteenth
and
twentieth
centuries
,
there
was
a
cycle
of
nationalist-imperialist
wars
,
when
the
most
important
question
in
the
world
was
which
portions
of
Europe
would
control
the
economic
resources
and
consuming
capacity
of
which
portions
of
non-Europe
.
All
non-Europe
obviously
could
not
exist
part
English
and
part
French
and
part
German
and
so
on
.
-
Until
the
forces
of
nationalism
spread
sufficiently
,
so
that
non-Europe
ended
what
all
the
wars
could
not
,
and
decided
it
could
exist
quite
comfortably
all
non
European
.
"
And
so
we
have
a
pattern
-
"
"
Yes
.
Stephen
,
you
make
it
plain
,
"
said
Susan
Calvin
.
"
These
are
not
very
profound
observations
.
"
"
No
.
-
But
then
,
it
is
the
obvious
which
is
so
difficult
to
see
most
of
the
time
.
People
say
'
It
's
as
plain
as
the
nose
on
your
face
.
'
But
how
much
of
the
nose
on
your
face
can
you
see
,
unless
someone
holds
a
mirror
up
to
you
?
In
the
twentieth
century
,
Susan
,
we
started
a
new
cycle
of
wars
--
what
shall
I
call
them
?
Ideological
wars
?
The
emotions
of
religion
applied
to
economic
systems
,
rather
than
to
extra-natural
ones
?
Again
the
wars
were
'
inevitable
'
and
this
time
there
were
atomic
weapons
,
so
that
mankind
could
no
longer
live
through
its
torment
to
the
inevitable
wasting
away
of
inevitability
.
-
And
positronic
robots
came
.
"
They
came
in
time
,
and
,
with
it
and
alongside
it
,
interplanetary
travel
.
-
So
that
it
no
longer
seemed
so
important
whether
the
world
was
Adam
Smith
or
Karl
Marx
.
Neither
made
very
much
sense
under
the
new
circumstances
.
Both
had
to
adapt
and
they
ended
in
almost
the
same
place
.
"
"
A
deus
ex
machina
,
then
,
in
a
double
sense
,
"
said
Dr.
Calvin
,
dryly
.
The
Co-ordinator
smiled
gently
,
"
I
have
never
heard
you
pun
before
,
Susan
,
but
you
are
correct
.
And
yet
there
was
another
danger
.
The
ending
of
every
other
problem
had
merely
given
birth
to
another
.
Our
new
world
wide
robot
economy
may
develop
its
own
problems
,
and
for
that
reason
we
have
the
Machines
.
The
Earth
's
economy
is
stable
,
and
will
remain
stable
,
because
it
is
based
upon
the
decisions
of
calculating
machines
that
have
the
good
of
humanity
at
heart
through
the
overwhelming
force
of
the
First
Law
of
Robotics
.
"
Stephen
Byerley
continued
,
"
And
although
the
Machines
are
nothing
but
the
vastest
conglomeration
of
calculating
circuits
ever
invented
,
they
are
still
robots
within
the
meaning
of
the
First
Law
,
and
so
our
Earth
wide
economy
is
in
accord
with
the
best
interests
of
Man
.
The
population
of
Earth
knows
that
there
will
be
no
unemployment
,
no
over-production
or
shortages
.
Waste
and
famine
are
words
in
history
books
.
And
so
the
question
of
ownership
of
the
means
of
production
becomes
obsolescent
.
Whoever
owned
them
(
if
such
a
phrase
has
meaning
)
,
a
man
,
a
group
,
a
nation
,
or
all
mankind
,
they
could
be
utilized
only
as
the
Machines
directed
.
-
Not
because
men
were
forced
to
but
because
it
was
the
wisest
course
and
men
knew
it
.
"
It
puts
an
end
to
war
--
not
only
to
the
last
cycle
of
wars
,
but
to
the
next
and
to
all
of
them
.
Unless
-
"
