Otherwise, they would have destroyed themselves—as we nearly did in the twentieth century. I’ve made that quite clear in my new book, Ethos and Cosmos. I hope you received your copy.” “Yes, thank you, though I’m afraid the pressure of other matters has not allowed me to read beyond the introduction.
Crusty, snarky scientists having philosophical and scientific arguments in order to solve problems in space is 1000% my jam. And even better is Clarke’s sarcastic undertones that critique the ego-driven world of intellectuals.
