Decay

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Here we are; there we are going. My studies of development and culture have led me to the realization that no one has anything but a general idea of progress. There seems to be no far-reaching end goal; our handlers have a four year window in which to achieve measurable goals, after that, it is their successors responsibility. D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous?

Perhaps we had the right idea thirty years ago, when we (Carl Sagan) just starting flinging our ideas into the 'cosmic ocean'. Is such far-reaching optimism wrong? Is it decay or folly? Well, as the Strokes say, you only live once, so might has well hurl yourself as far afield as your strength will allow.