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"A society that had the means to visit the moon could not maintain the humanity of its own people, and it broke to pieces even while it invaded the universe. It made its own surroundings unlivable while speculating about life on Mars."

Boy oh boy, Chargaff would have hated living in 2019.

The last 10-15% of the book has all been gloom and doom. Clearly someone isn't a fan of how modern scientific research is conducted.

What's with all the obscure words?! Can't get through two sentences without having to look up meanings of words and here I thought I had a pretty decent vocabulary.