Status Updates From To Be Taught, If Fortunate

We have found nothing you can sell. We have found nothing you can put to practical use. We have found no worlds that could be easily or ethically settled, were that end desired. We have satisfied nothing but curiosity, gained nothing but knowledge.

To me, these are the noblest goals. The people who sent us here believed the same. But if you share that belief, do you understand that we might fail?

Good reminder that everyone’s affected by politics. One simply can’t not “do politics” because they will do you.

“We should’ve known better, as students of the universe. There’s no escaping entropy.”