Re: The World of 2185

Tony spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> for all nations, territory on Earth would have major
> political/kudos value.

And there is the old 'no place like home' theory. Earth will probably 
always occupy some nich in religion, politics, economics, and culture 
due to its size, economic power, ancient age, significance to 
religion and culture, and due to our basic need to recognize 
someplace as 'home' for mankind. Now I'm sure as each generation of 
colonists goes by, the colonies will feel less ties and 
responsibility to Earth, but emigres from Earth will still feel the 
ties, and Earth's pop has to be such that even all the colonies 
combined probably can't touch it. So for the next while, even from 
2185, the place of Earth in popular culture, politics, and economics 
will be quite apparent to all. 

Tom.