The Crossroads

every single day, the universe is actively trying its best to extinguish us unless we actively try to stop it

Ultimately, the science of the string and the fuzzball provides a framework for the intuition that many of us carry: that we are not isolated islands, but inextricably linked to a larger, eternal, and constantly self-renewing cosmic process.

We knew the core battle wasn’t against a political party; it was against the most seductive enemy: active ignorance