The Humans

by Matt Haig

To hypnotise a human was easy because, out of any species in the universe, they seemed the one most desperate to believe.

Life, especially human life, was an act of defiance. It was never meant to be, and yet it existed in an incredible number of places across a near-infinite amount of solar systems.

So I went to work, and I realised why work was so important on Earth. It stopped you feeling lonely.