NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right

[robkelk]

After looking at what he had done with bamboo and coconuts, I turned to him and said, "Very impressive. But if you can do all this...?" I gestured toward the bay, letting my voice trail off.

He looked around before answering in a quiet voice. "Nobody here is starving, or even uncomfortable; we're better off than we were back in the States excepting the matter of mobility. I can work on whatever strikes my fancy. More selfishly, I don't need to worry about tenure or students. My only competition for two beautiful young ladies are a couple of men who seem more interested in each other than they are in women, a much older man whose wife is always nearby, and you, and you've told me that you're happily married and you have your own way to leave this island. Why would I want to fix the boat?"

Spoiler

If "bamboo and coconuts" wasn't enough of a tip-off, Gilligan's Island - which we might have had as a NanoStep in the past