Wow upbearing this.
Hatandwatch
Can't vaccinate something that doesn't exist.
Occam's Razor. "Should we send politicians to jail--" "Yes" "--for climate crimes? "
What about the final step?
-harm actually increased
Kind of? I think it mostly lives outside of time iirc, but it's been some...time, since I digested it all. It definitely originated in the future though, you find out in the Endymion books.
I love a scifi series called the Hyperion Cantos that has a supernatural creature called the Shrike that impales people on a "time tree" to steal their Entropy. It's not at all adorable though.
(major death of the author tho, and the 3rd/4th book get pretty problematic)
They're also fundamentally alien. Nobody talks about Steven's cultural imperialism of their fascist traditions!
"I wonder what Yeti tastes like" - carnists, definitely
You don't owe anyone anything ever. Emotional labor! Emotional labor!
Wow downbearing this.