The history of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through
three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and
Sophistication, otherwise know as the How, Why, Where phases. For
instance, the first phase is characterized by the question: "How can we
eat?" the second by the question "Why do we eat?" and the third by the
question "Where shall we have lunch?" --
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe, Douglas Adams
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