He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.
So much technology, so little talent.
Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently.
I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.