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Completely unified world, abolition of all national states under a single world sovereignty, colonies on Mars and Venus, that sort of thing. COMPLETELY UNIFIED WORLD ABOLITION OF ALL NATIONAL STATES UNDER A SINGLE WORLD SOVEREIGNTY COLONIES ON MARS AND VENUS THAT SORT OF THING
n the details afterward? He debated mentally for a moment, then decided upon the latter course. "Well, it happens that I have the ability to prehend future events. I can, by concentrating, bring into my mind the history of the world, at least in general outline, for the next five thousand years. Whitburn thinks I'm crazy, mainly because I get confused at times and forget that something I know about hasn't happened yet." Weill snatched the cigarette from his mouth to keep from swallowing it. As it was, he choked on a mouthful of smoke and coughed violently, then sat back in the booth-seat, staring speechlessly. "It started a little over three years ago," Chalmers continued. "Just after New Year's, 1970. I was getting up a series of seminars for some of my postgraduate students on extrapolation of present social and political trends to the middle of the next century, and I began to find that I was getting some very fixed and definite ideas of what the world of 2050 to 2070 would be like. ETAILS AFTERWARD HE DEBATED MENTALLY FOR A MOMENT THEN DECIDED UPON THE LATTER COURSE WELL IT HAPPENS THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TOPPREHEND FUTURE EVENTS I CAN BY CONCENTRATING BRING INTO MY MIND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AT LEAST IN GENERAL OUTLINE FOR THE NEXT FIVE THOUSAND YEARS WHITBURN THINKS I'M CRAZY MAINLY BECAUSE I GET CONFUSED AT TIMES AND FORGET THAT SOMETHING I KNOW ABOUT HASN'T HAPPENED YET VILES GNATCHED THE CIGARETTE FROM HIS MOUTH TO KEEP FROM SWALLOWING IT AS IT WAS HE CHOKED ON A MOUTHFUL OF SMOKE AND COWKED VIOLENTLY THEN SET BACK IN THE BOOTH SEAT STARING SPEECHLESSLY IT STARTED A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO CHALMERS CONTINUED JUST AFTER NEW YEAR'S NINETEEN SEVENTY I WAS GETTING UP A SERIES OF SEMINARS FOR SOME OF MY POSTGUATE STUDENTS ON EXTRA POLATION OF PRESENT SOCIAL POLITICAL TRANDS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY AND I BEGAN TO FIND THAT I WAS GETTING SOME VERY FIXED AND DEFINITE IDEAS OF WHAT THE WORLD OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTY TO TWO THOUSAND SEVENTY WOULD BE LIKE
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