Spreading across the stars without number sounds more like a “KILL CONSUME MULTIPLY CONQUER” thing than it sounds like an “Everything Else” thing. I’m missing something of the point here.
ETA: Is the point that over time Man evolved to be what he is today, we have a conception of right and wrong, and we’re the first link in the chain that actually cares about making sure our morals propagate forward as we evolve? So now the force of evolution has been co-opted into spreading human morality?
Spreading across the stars without number sounds more like a “KILL CONSUME MULTIPLY CONQUER” thing than it sounds like an “Everything Else” thing. I’m missing something of the point here.
Spreading across the stars without numbers
ETA: Is the point that over time Man evolved to be what he is today, we have a conception of right and wrong, and we’re the first link in the chain that actually cares about making sure our morals propagate forward as we evolve? So now the force of evolution has been co-opted into spreading human morality?
So the people left Earth, and they spread over stars without number. They followed the ways of the Goddess of Everything Else, and they lived in contentment. And she beckoned them onward, to things still more strange and enticing.
Spreading across the stars without number sounds more like a “KILL CONSUME MULTIPLY CONQUER” thing than it sounds like an “Everything Else” thing. I’m missing something of the point here.
ETA: Is the point that over time Man evolved to be what he is today, we have a conception of right and wrong, and we’re the first link in the chain that actually cares about making sure our morals propagate forward as we evolve? So now the force of evolution has been co-opted into spreading human morality?
Spreading across the stars without numbers
No. I recommend reading Meditations on Moloch first, then everything becomes clear.
I was quoting the post.