- D-503 apologies for not being sufficiently clear in previous chapters.
- He goes on to describe a bit of history, starting with The Two-Hundred Years' War which apparently destroyed civilization.
- He discusses The Tables, a series of mathematical charts that "transformed each one of us, actually, into a six-wheeled steel hero of a great poem." (3.6) The Tables aren't perfect, since personal time is still allowed (and apparently necessary, because not even totalitarian dictatorships can completely wipe out recess).
- He says he can't understand living any other way and marvels at how ancient "primitive" governments could even function with so much disorder. (We have to admit, he kind of has us with this one.)
- He closes by thinking more about I-330, who he totally doesn't like. Totally.