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A man sits opposite another man, as he has done many times before, in offices with panoramic views, private jets, and now in an oak panel dining room.

He riffs on a familiar spiel.

And what did God say after he created us in his image?

Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subjugate it.

And rule over the fish, the birds, and every living thing that creeps on the earth.

Basically, down here we're in charge.

That's what we're designed to do, right?

It's what makes us who we are.

Evolutionary biology tells us the exact same thing.

So, we might be experiencing some adverse weather right now, but does that mean it's the end

of days?

We've had pestilence and war.

Is judgment day coming? But you know know what i think this is an opportunity

i think we can pick our own chosen ones and if we do this right we can make ourselves a paradise

right here on earth or even better on Mars. The system.

Five methods for overcoming mortality.

Method 3. Find a God and pray.

Outside a travel lodge, a young man sits in his car, staring at his phone.

On the screen, a symbol, a dot in a circle.

Some people call it a circumpunt.

I click on it.

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