Thellim does not explain that the entire point of a civilization is to let more people do what they want and things that are fun and cool or else why bother having a civilization in the first place.  She is over her limit for Saturday.

"I have a cousin who welds reactor cores but yes, most welding isn't that - sloped? - offering of potential opportunities for steep ascent?  But most jobs aren't sloped, right?  People with unusually strong desires to gamble on sharp ascents compete for the few jobs that are gambles on exaltation, and most people take jobs with smoother outcome distributions.  Artistry wouldn't be that much of a gamble in dath ilan, but my impression is that most dath ilani artists have some grand career vision they're practicing to be able to pull off someday?  But things here seem very different and - I don't know how Earth allocates an Alex to artistry, or how an Alex allocates himself to artistry, or what you're supposed to ask an Earth artist on your way to bagels."

Thellim does not explain that the entire point of a civilization is to let more people do what they want and things that are fun and cool or else why bother having a civilization in the first place.  She is over her limit for Saturday.

"I have a cousin who welds reactor cores but yes, most welding isn't that - sloped? - offering of potential opportunities for steep ascent?  But most jobs aren't sloped, right?  People with unusually strong desires to gamble on sharp ascents compete for the few jobs that are gambles on exaltation.  Most people take jobs with smoother outcome distributions.  Artistry wouldn't be that much of a gamble in dath ilan, but my impression is that most dath ilani artists have some grand career vision they're practicing to be able to pull off someday.  But things here seem very different and - I don't know how Earth allocates an Alex to artistry, or how an Alex allocates himself to artistry, or what you're supposed to ask an Earth artist on your way to bagels."

Thellim does not explain that the entire point of a civilization is to let more people do what they want and things that are fun and cool or else why bother having a civilization in the first place.  She is over her limit for Saturday.

"I have a cousin who welds reactor cores but yes, most welding isn't that - sloped? - offering of potential opportunities for steep ascent?  But most jobs aren't that sloped, right?  People with unusually strong desires to gamble on sharp ascents compete for the few jobs that are gambles on exaltation.  Most people take jobs with smoother outcome distributions.  Artistry wouldn't be that much of a gamble in dath ilan, but my impression is that most dath ilani artists have some grand career vision they're practicing to be able to pull off someday.  But things here seem very different and - I don't know how Earth allocates an Alex to artistry, or how an Alex allocates himself to artistry, or what you're supposed to ask an Earth artist on your way to bagels."