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Part 7. Stars Like Grains Of Sand

Sociometrics-… one of the most vital questions still unresolved is the general problem of Empire social stability. This research seeks to find how worlds keep from veering into cycles of boredom (a factor never to be underestimated in human affairs) and revitalization. No Imperial system could endure the jagged changes and maintain steady economic flows. How was this smoothing achieved?-and might such “dampers” that Imperial society had still somehow fail? No progress was made in this area until…

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