Time is the fire in which we burn.
—Delmore Schwartz
I once had a dream in midsummer, 2015. I was in a dark and humid basement one afternoon, and I came across a very large book. Upon slapping away the dust from the cover of this grand tome, its title became visible, a title both grand and vague—Exponential and Accelerating. The mildew and silverfish aside, this was just too interesting to pass up. I hastily proceeded to peruse through its yellowed pages to see what was contained within; to imbibe the compilation of events from eons long past to see how we got to today.
The first couple chapters of the book described the origin of the Earth, the evolution of early life, and the progress through the geologic periods. The arrival of ...
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