"Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky. The Time Wanderers (англ.)" - читать интересную книгу автора

with great enthusiasm among the Tagorians and Leonidians. By now me know
that kicking ass in civilizations that are mature in their own way is as
meaningless and hopeless as trying to speed up the growth of a tree -- an
oak, say -- by pulling it up by the branches. The Wanderers are not
asskickers, and forcing progress is not and could not be their goal. Their
aim is the search, the selection, the preparation for communing, and finally
to bring individuals mature enough for it into the community of the
Monocosm. I do not know by what process the Wanderers make their selection,
and that is a shame, because whether we want it or not, we must speak
plainly, without euphemisms and scientific jargon. This is what we are
talking about.

First: mankind's stepping onto the path of evolution of the second
order means the practical transformation of Homo sapiens into Wanderers.

Second: most likely; far from every Homo sapiens is suitable for such
transformation.

Summary:
- humanity will be divided into two unequal parts;
- humanity will be divided into two unequal parts along parameters
unknown to us;
- humanity will be divided into two unequal parts along parameters
unknown to us, and the smaller part will be forced to surpass the greater
half forever;
- humanity will be divided into two unequal parts along parameters
unknown to us, and the smaller part will be forced to surpass the greater
half forever, and this will be done by the will and art of a
supercivilization, determinedly alien to humanity.

My dear Kammerer, as a sociopsychological experiment I offer you this
situation, not without innovation, for analysis.

Now, when the bases of the Monocosm's Progressorist strategy has become
more or less clear to you, you will probably be better able than I to
determine the basic direction of a counterstrategy and the tactics for
capturing the moments of the Wanderers' activity. It goes without saying
that the search, selection, and preparation for communing of matured
individuals must be accompanied by phenomena and events accessible to the
careful observer. For instance, we can expect the appearance of mass
phobias, new messianic teachings, the appearance of people with
extraordinary abilities, the unexplained disappearance of people, the sudden
-- almost as if by witchcraft -- development of new talents in people, and
so on. I would definitely recommend that you keep your eyes on the Tagorians
and Golovans accredited on Earth -- their sensitivity to the alien and
unknown is significantly higher than ours. (In this sense, you should also
watch the behavior of earth animals, especially herd animals and those with
rudimentary intellect.)

Naturally, the sphere of your attention should include not only Earth,