I have the feeling that even while the clock is ticking we are moving on to terrible things.

In any local energy situation the centres and controllers exert near-supremacy, but they are always conscious of the superenergy presence and the unrecognizable performance of the Unqualified Absolute.

Some [of the essays] appeared originally in writer's forums and bookstore throwaways, others in more academic contexts […]

Those kind of predictions are for the weak. We believe in going hard or going home. So these are real predictions—not probabilities.