I haven't organized my life as a narrative, you know. I'm not sure you'll understand. As listeners, we are not required to understand, said Qiingi. O… - Karl Schroeder

It's not that simple.
Ah! That phrase is Male for 'I'm afraid to.'

I am the Government, she said. I am a force of omniscience and unparalleled power within the human part of the Archipelago. I am a public-domain distributed artificial intelligence. I have made all human institutions redundant, for I am the personal and intimate friend of each and every one of the trillion humans under my domain. I am the selfless advocate of each of them, from the lowliest to the greatest.
The only problem is...Well, nobody listens to me much anymore.

But what good's abundance if nobody can experience it?