Who rules the moon controls the earth, it is true, but only to some extent - as Arthur C. Clarke pointed out once, control of GEO is even more important as telecommunications determine which culture achieves hegemony through linguistic dominance.
Hegemony is such a good word and reminds me that I am thinking of calling my WAC-6 paper "Prolegomena to space archaeology" because prolegomenon is an excellent word too. I think of them in the same breath as both are Ancient Greek words that have survived in English two and bit millennia later. But would such a title sound too arcane?
"Prelude to Space Archaeology" would be better, as a reference to Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 "Prelude to Space"
ReplyDeleteAlways wonderful to hear from you, Steve. I will consider that: it has a nice symmetry.
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