[W]hat is perhaps my most fundamental philosophical conviction is this: life is Good, human life especially so. The most natural things in the universe are death, decay, and emptiness. Growth, life, and creation are fragile anomalies. We belong to an eons-long heritage of those who have committed to building and maintaining life in the face of inevitable decay. Our duty is to do the same.

Putting aside the obvious elders of zionny subtext.. I'm an unabashed humanist and this is one of the most childishly anthropocentric things I've ever read. Death and decay are human concepts you big dummy. Sucks for you that you apparently can't imagine our universe outside of your silly meat-bound linear-time phenomenology, but do try to respect and enjoy reality instead of talking like a 1920s pulp protagonist.