A Parable

Three Farspeakers were walking along a path. Each was carrying a heavy bundle of cable across his back. A stranger approached the first and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I am carrying a bundle of cable," he replied.

The stranger approached the second and asked him the same question.

"I am repairing a broken trunk line," he replied.

Finally, the stranger approached the third Farspeaker. "And what are you doing?" she asked.

"I am tending to the body of the noosphere," he said.