Trying to FIND a passage in the Law of One ...

[Steppingfeet]

Perhaps it was this Q'uo session, Gary?

The ability of your culture at this time to tolerate the situation where many, many entities do not have enough to eat is, among many other things, acting as a, shall we say, drag on the planetary evolution. For it reflects a carelessness among its members and a lack of appreciation for the qualities that humanity offers long before it justifies itself by being useful.

Great find! So it was Q'uo!? I am stunned at myself if this is the case. I thought I knew the material well enough to not make this mix-up.

Thanks abtf, this may very well be the culprit. This is the nugget of idea I had lodged in my memory, tagged with the key word "drag".

βαθμιαίος and Ankh, thanks for both of your finds. Each is in the outer rows of the same ballpark, but not quite what I had (or thought I had) in mind.