If you’re born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown. They make the children come up here once a year, after they’re five. I don’t know if it does any good. They don’t get enough of it, really, and the first few times they scream themselves into hysteria. They ought to start as soon as they’re weaned and have the trip once a week.

Author   Isaac AsimovTopics   Urban Confinement, Open-Sky Reaction, Freedom, Isolation, Growth, Adaptation Copy Share on Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter

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