Communication Record 6
As I had suspected, the humans allowed me to leave with the treasure I had acquired for a few minor computing tricks. They didn’t even attempt to bargain. I actually felt so guilty about taking advantage of them that I insisted the artists receive compensation.
Their situation reminds me of the two dominant civilizations on Olsango, CommNode 4f:73:6c:61:6e:67:6f. We had to appoint an arbitrator for them, because they were giving us their entire culture for little more than the ability to feed all of their population. A laudable goal, certainly, but it was worth so much more that the ambassador felt it was necessary to have more savvy negotiators working for them. Perhaps I should contact them - they did very well for the Olsangi.
There is a minor informational net known as the Internet used by the humans with greatest access to resources, and it is another source of culture that we haven’t been able to tap previously. I’m going to negotiate a feed to the CommNode. It will be a wonderful way to give visitors their first taste of human civilization.
I have to discuss the tourism issue with the human UN tomorrow, just so that we can set some parameters. I personally would like to limit the tourism as much as possible, to prevent contamination, but the humans will doubtless see the trade possibilities inherent in a healthy tourism industry.
When I return in the morning, I will have to sample the human nourishment sensation known as McDonald’s.
