It’s worth saying, from time to time, that while our world is often harsh and cold, it’s better than it was. The slow progress of humanity seems painful to us, but it inevitably leads to a newer and brighter place.

This is why I’m always so shocked when people reject without any thought the idea of living forever. I’ll never see my world truly become the world I want it to be, I’ll never see humanity spread out into the stars; but it will happen, and that’s something I’d give anything to see.