The Long Earth is bountiful but not forgiving.
We do teach our kids the golden rule - Do as you would be done by.
Authority. The antithesis of science.
When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.
We ought to call ourselves Homo clamorans. Noisemaking man.
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future. Cut loose the past; it is dead weight. Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.