For those who are younger and might be slightly confused when coming across this. Star Wars here is the The Strategic Defense Initiative which was nicknamed Star Wars. It was a govt. missile defense program.
Capitalists/businessmen are not intellectually equipped to hang with someone like Sagan- not that many are- but the last place you would find anyone who could match his intelligence, thoughtfulness or depth of knowledge is in the business community, a collection of the most mediocre among us.
Carl Sagan was reputedly a shrewd millionaire. I think one of his sons from Lynn Margulis wrote something about how surreal it was to see Carl with his new wife discussing Marxism over a high-priced dinner.
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