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Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
Remember how in Battlestar Galactica (the recent one, folks, not the original), Commander Adama told everyone how great it would be to get to Earth? He wasn't sure if there really was an Earth, but he knew that people needed something to believe in, so he just acted as if it were real.
Sometimes it helps people unify and make progress if they have a big gigantic goal they can work toward and put their faith in. In Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, Lauren Olamina tells people who follow Earthseed, the religion she's creating, to believe in a Destiny: they're gonna go out to space and settling among the stars. Space is a real-life heaven, she says; we can actually get there and make a new start for ourselves.
People need a long-term goal or Destiny to focus on in order to make progress.
People don't need a long-term goal or Destiny to focus on in order to make progress.
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