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“Lights, progress, growth, all those things we’re too hot and too poor to bother with anymore.”
Kids today have no idea what a blaze of light cities used to be—and not that long ago.” “I’d rather have the stars,” I say. “The stars are free.” She shrugs. “I’d rather have the city lights back myself, the sooner the better. But we can afford the stars.”
what is God? Just another name for whatever makes you feel special and protected?
“Bread and circuses,” my father says when there’s space news on the radio. “Politicians and big corporations get the bread, and we get the circuses.”
SOUNDS V FAMILIAR
But if everyone could feel everyone else’s pain, who would torture? Who would cause anyone unnecessary pain?
Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn’t always safe, but it’s often necessary.
Kindness eases Change
Strange how normal it’s become for us to lie on the ground and listen while nearby, people try to kill each other.
