There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to believe.

Memories fade but words hang around forever.

People need meaning as much as they need air. Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.

Humans are inscrutable. Infinitely unpredictable. This is what makes them dangerous.

Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.

Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.

Luckily, unreasonable expectations go hand in hand with naive young scientists. The more naive the better - otherwise we would never have the audacity to try and build a 22,000-mile-high space elevator or some sprawling underwater hotel.