Their transmitters are nanotech — diamond lattice structures they call a ‘q-link’ — a tiny mass that they vibrate at high frequency to send gravitati… - Daniel Suarez

"Watching it, he realized for the first time that the world had really changed — that a line was being drawn in society and which side of the line you stood on would determine your future. He realized more than ever that technological prowess had become a survival skill. "It’s getting bad, isn’t it?" "That

If we want to have any future as a species, then we must learn how to build our biome — the one for which we evolved — out in the harsh vacuum of space. By learning how to create our ideal environment with our own hands and our own minds, we can even begin to understand how Earth’s ecosystem functions — and in doing so we will not only secure humanity’s future but we may learn how to fix Earth’s climate as well.

Those heavily invested in the status quo had difficulty thinking outside of it — and were often tainted by it.