Why, in spite of everything, I shall continue to write my name in the sand

Or: How to avoid the conflicting sniggerings of godheads!

One day the sun will explode and everything any human being has ever done, no matter what heinous crime they’ve committed or what celestially wonderful music they’ve composed, will be obliterated. But please don’t let that scientifically guaranteed future event overshadow your life ‒ humanity will have committed global suicide way before that happens.

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