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......... No. Settlements will be built on the sea floor
and inhabited as long as a definite task justifies the cost and sacrifices.
But, Homo aquaticus himself, after a few weeks
work in platinum mines of 7,000 feet deep,
will gladly rejoin his native village, celebrate a friend's birthday,
and smile in the warm sun. ......
Jacques Yves Couseau:
The Ocean World 1979
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