{"id":1190,"date":"2019-01-21T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/skywritings\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2019-01-21T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:30:08","slug":"matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/skywritings\/2019\/01\/21\/matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

JE:<\/p>\n

What in the world<\/b><\/p>\n

What
\nIn the world
\nAre we doing here?
\nIn the world, where
\nEverything is at home,
\nIn the world where it all works
\nexcept around us, where
\nIt’s all screwed up and things are dying too fast.
\nWe don’t belong in this beautiful working place;
\nWhat
\nIn the world are we doing here?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ME:<\/p>\n

A darwinian mistake
\nthat will eventually auto-correct
\nin the usual darwinian
\ni.e. sociopathic
\nway<\/p>\n

An EUS
\nevolutionary unstable
\nhence unsustainable
\nstrategy<\/p>\n

A blip<\/p>\n

A bloody blip<\/i><\/p>\n

yeah, true. There have been so far worse catastrophes before… so comforting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not worse.<\/p>\n

The slow agony
\nwe\u2019ve made
\nof our prey species’
\n(i.e. all other species\u2019)
\nlives
\nhas no parallel
\nor precedent<\/p>\n

or pardon<\/p>\n

Our sole modicum
\nof mercy<\/p>\n

sometimes<\/p>\n

has been for our own<\/p>\n

and we don\u2019t deserve it<\/i><\/p>\n

a blip:
\nmeaning it won’t matter in a hundred thousand years,
\nright? (Thank you Thomas)
\nBut goddammit, it matters now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

it matters
\nto our victims
\nnow
\nand forever<\/p>\n

and it\u2019s all that matters
\nor ever did<\/p>\n

Irreparable<\/p>\n

and unpardonable<\/p>\n

Redemption
\nis for souls
\nfor whom
\nonly they matter
\nor matter most<\/p>\n

For their victims:<\/p>\n

perdition<\/p>\n

in this life<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JE: What in the world What In the world Are we doing here? In the world, where Everything is at home, In the world where it all works except around us, where It’s all screwed up and things are dying too fast. We don’t belong in this beautiful working place; What In the world are … <\/p>\n

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