And I tell you that Americans are fucking ignorant about their freedom. They’re about as free as the Chinese. Except the Chinese don’t lie to themselves.

Her new boss was an undead automaton from hell, true, but no job was perfect.

If we want to have any future as a species, then we must learn how to build our biome — the one for which we evolved — out in the harsh vacuum of space. By learning how to create our ideal environment with our own hands and our own minds, we can even begin to understand how Earth’s ecosystem functions — and in doing so we will not only secure humanity’s future but we may learn how to fix Earth’s climate as well.