Civilization, goes an old maxim, is four meals away from barbarism – once the food deliveries stop, so does law and order. That could mean trouble for the political uprising in Egypt. It may also be what triggered it.
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I still think we should and will reach the stars, but today I’m forced to concede that using a theoretical “warp drive” might not be the best way to go:
