It is possible to be too stable. No Outer World has colonized a new planet in two and a half centuries.. are lives too long to risk and too comfortable to upset.I dont know about that, Dr. Fastolfe. Youve come to Earth. You risk disease.Yes, I do. There are some of us, Mr. Baley, who feel that the future of the human race is even worth the possible loss of an extended lifetime. Too few of us, I am sorry to say.In trying to introduce robots here on Earth, were doing our best to upset the balance of your City economy.You mean youre creating a growing group of displaced and declassified men on purpose?Not out of cruelty or callousness, believe me. A group of displaced men, as you call them, are what we need to serve as a nucleus for colonization. Your ancient America was discovered by ships fitted out with men from the prisons. Dont you see that the Citys womb has failed the displaced man. He has nothing to lose and worlds to gain by leaving Earth.
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