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Tue Jan 26 02:12:27 1982
Cage Shaking
"THERE REMAIN those enterprises of such great value to all, and
of so little value to any one, as to require public investment."
		Adam Smith, THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

What institution has the task of looking ahead twenty years?
Surely not investment combines; stock companies usually look at
the quarterly report.  Families once worried about the future,
but the Government as a matter of policy has ruined the family
(death taxes) as a long-term institution.  So: if it's desirable
to have basic research and find out if we're alone in the
universe and whether or not there are resources out there--who
is going to do it?