"The Seed is technology rooted in the Chinese ti. We have lived 
by the Seed for five thousand years," Dr. X said. He waved his hand toward the 
window. "These were rice paddies before they were parking lots. Rice was the 
basis for our society. Peasants planted the seeds and had highest status in the 
Confucian hierarchy. As the Master said, "Let the producers be many and the 
consumers few.' When the Feed came in from Atlantis, from Nippon, we no longer 
had to plant,
because the rice now came from the matter compiler. It was the destruction of 
our society. When our society was based upon planting, it could truly be said, 
as the Master did, "Virtue is the root; wealth is the result.' But under the 
Western ti, wealth comes not from virtue but from cleverness. So the 
filial relationships became deranged. Chaos," Dr. X said regretfully, then 
looked up from his tea and nodded out the window. "Parking lots and 
chaos."