Cat and Girl wade deeper and deeper into the sea. 'And to bring up children in the ways of a dead world!' continues Girl. 'Hustling them through test prep and extracurriculars - hoping to secure one of the last spots - in a meritocracy that is winking out of existence. Seeing all those sharing your burden only as COMPETITION.' They are now fully submerged but walk on. 'What difference lies between that and a Black Friday fight over a TV at Best Buy? Save twenty years and one tock along the socioeconomic scale.' 'Well you don't get a new TV' complains Cat. They arrive at an underwater suburban home with the lights on and go inside. It may be their house. Cat grabs a remote control and tuns to face the television in the living room. 'But the KIND of TV you have isn't as important as what you can SEE on it!' he says. He clicks. Click click click. The TV turns on. CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK. The screen shows nothing but light.
  • Jonathon Narfhead
    July 8, 2026

    The point of gaining knowledge was never to gain a place in the world. The point of knowledge is knowledge itself. Knowledge justifies its own existence.

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