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It was a place of breathtaking beauty and unspeakable brutality.
we exist because the physical properties of this planet support the emergence of biological life, that we are biologically inevitable because of Earth’s environment. That’s true, but the real question is why? Why does the universe support biological life? To what end? What is humanity’s destiny? I believe there is an answer.”
Anyway, he said that the most disturbing revelation in human history is the existence of two seemingly impossible facts: one, that the universe is billions of years old; and two, that the moon is not covered with wrecked space probes from other advanced civilizations that came before us.”
Lying there in silence, Elim thought about how quickly a person’s fate could change, how precious life and health are. He had walked into this very room two days ago as a practicing physician, a man in control, with the power to heal, looking down on the sick American on the same bed where he himself now lay. He had never known just how different the world looked from the other side.
A stack of black body bags lay under a white tent nearby. With each passing hour, the smell of death and decaying flesh had faded, until finally, the night’s winds that swept through the quiet village were fresh again.
Better to let a lot of people get the sniffles than kill the economy—that’s the thinking on their end. If the mortality rate was higher, the calculus might be more complicated.”
when Elim emerged from the hospital, pushing the cart full of supplies that had stood in his room. In seconds, Millen and the survivors were at his side. “I didn’t want to spend another night in there,” Elim said, panting.
“A new kind of terrorism. These people aren’t religious idealists. They’re not zealots, foaming at the mouth, waving AK-47s in the air. They’re scientists. Technologists. Rational people. Extremely intelligent. Working in the shadows, diligently, planning.”
Icarus: If you fly too high, the sun will melt your wings. If you fly too low, the sea’s dampness will weigh you down.
“I want to create a world where any person can be repaired, no matter how broken their body or mind or heart.”
