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Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune
Itsaimissimple:tomaintainandproducecoordinatedpatternsofgreaterandgreaterdiversity.Lifeimprovestheclosedsystem’scapacitytosustainlife.Life—alllife—isintheserviceoflife.Necessarynutrientsaremadeavailabletolifebylifeingreaterandgreaterrichnessasthediversityoflifeincreases.Theentirelandscapecomesalive,filledwithrelationshipsandrelationshipswithinrelationships.”
ThiswasPardotKyneslecturingtoasietchwarrenclass.
Beforethelectures,though,hehadtoconvincetheFremen.Tounderstand
howthiscameabout,youmustfirstunderstandtheenormoussingle-mindedness,theinnocencewithwhichheapproachedanyproblem.Hewasnotnaive,hemerelypermittedhimselfnodistractions.
HewasexploringtheArrakislandscapeinaone-mangroundcaronehotafternoonwhenhestumbledontoadeplorablycommonscene.SixHarkonnenbravos,shieldedandfullyarmed,hadtrappedthreeFremenyouthsintheopenbehindtheShieldWallnearthevillageofWindsack.ToKynes,itwasading-dongbattle,moreslapstickthenreal,untilhefocusedonthefactthattheHarkonnensintendedtokilltheFremen.Bythistime,oneoftheyouthswasdownwithaseveredartery,twoofthebravosweredownaswell,butitwasstillfourarmedmenagainsttwostriplings.
Kyneswasn’tbrave;hemerelyhadthatsingle-mindednessandcaution.TheHarkonnenswerekillingFremen.Theyweredestroyingthetoolswithwhichheintendedtoremakeaplanet!Hetriggeredhisownshield,wadedinandhadtwooftheHarkonnensdeadwithaslip-tipbeforetheyknewanyonewasbehindthem.
