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These kids were going to grow up
in an idyllic world and be thrown into an apocalyptic nightmare. They were the generation that would experience the Sixth Extinction Event.

I felt a cramp in the pit of my stomach. I was looking out at a room full of children. Happy children. And there was a good chance some of them would literally die of starvation.”

“One guy alone in a lab? That’s not how science works,” I said. “There should be hundreds of people all over the world working on this.”

“You’re not alone in that thought,” she said. “I’ve had three different heads of state call me today.”

“Then let other scientists in on it!”

“No.”

chewtoy

So now my question is: Am I barreling tow
ard the sun, or away from it? It’s almost academic. I’m either on a collision course with the
sun or on my way out to deep space with no hope of returning.”

bro doesn’t know