The future survives because people care. Live responsibly or die. - Lisa Mason

In the beginning and the end, it’s all a crapshoot. The Cosmic Mind does play dice. Loves to gamble, in fact.

When you finally cash it in Out in Frisco;
And you end this life of sin Out in Frisco;
They will gently toll a bell,
Plant your carcass in a dell,
There’s no need to go to hell, You’re in Frisco.

The technopolistic plutocracy will dump pollutants into the atmosphere for another century on the grounds that compliance with limits is too expensive.