We are the fireflies in the dark. No matter who or what existed before, we are the expression of life in the universe right now.
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Our techno-capitalist society measures life in units of productivity per energy consumed. Our existence is a commodity to be exploited for capital gain. The most ambitious gets to use, while the least ambitious are used.
A faceless, repeatable existence ad infinitum. A perpetual end-user. A collective biological algorithm, tethered to the operating system of our techno-utopia.
But how quiet would the universe be without us?
Eons and eons of space and time. Not a single whisper.
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Thank you for reading,
—Claudia
"Why does the sun come up? Or are the stars just pin holes in the curtain of night?" —Sean Connery, Highlander