Our first challenge is to create an entire economic infrastructure,

Our first challenge is to create an entire economic infrastructure, from
top to bottom, out of whole cloth. No gradual evolution from previous
economic systems is possible, because there IS no previous economic
system. Each interdependent piece must be materialized simultaneously
and in perfect working order; otherwise the system will crash out
before it ever gets off the ground.

-- CEO Nwabudike Morgan,
"The Centauri Monopoly"

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