"Orrrrr I could figure out how to mine spellsilver in the sort of volume that dath ilan mining uses to get a rare metal we want and make intelligence headbands for wizards who would craft more headbands and give all of the villagers intelligence headbands and do it not over generations.  There's a place in life for doing things the slow way with diligent hard work, and that place is when there is in fact no shortcut whatsoever for doing things a faster way."

"Orrrrr I could figure out how to mine spellsilver in the sort of volume that dath ilan mining uses to get a rare metal we want, and make intelligence headbands for wizards who would then craft more headbands, and give all of the villagers intelligence headbands and do it not over generations.  There's a place in life for doing things the slow way with diligent hard work, and that place is when there is in fact no shortcut whatsoever for doing things a faster way."

"Orrrrr I could figure out how to mine spellsilver in the sort of volume that Civilization gets when Civilization wants lots of a rare metal, and make intelligence headbands for wizards who would then craft more headbands, and give all of the villagers intelligence headbands and do it not over generations.  There's a place in life for doing things the slow way with diligent hard work, and that place is when there is in fact no shortcut whatsoever for doing things a faster way."