The moral of this story is, anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.
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Two hundred-year-old Louis Wu is recruited by an alien Puppeteer named Nessus to join an exploratory expedition to an immense, artificial ring encircling a distant star. Spanning millions of miles and possessing the living area of millions of Earths, the colossal Ringworld presents baffling technological marvels and unforeseen hazards. The crew must cooperate to survive when their ship crash-lands on the megastructure's surface.
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The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!