[lbo-talk] going galt

[Matt]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 07:39:19PM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote:
> 
> As someone who depends on other people to read this book so I don't have 
> to, I'm intrigued.  Indeed I haven't ever heard this twist mentioned. 
> Does she give any picture of what the energy is made out of?

Nah.  It is - quite literally - a black box.  Since in Galtland there
is no gov't to enforce Intellectual Property laws, the mechanism
behind this little piece of wundertech is kept secret, even from the
reader.

If she had been more clever, she might have called it a Replicator.

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot,

Matt

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