I have the feeling that even while the clock is ticking we are moving on to terrible things.

Those kind of predictions are for the weak. We believe in going hard or going home. So these are real predictions—not probabilities.

In any local energy situation the centres and controllers exert near-supremacy, but they are always conscious of the superenergy presence and the unrecognizable performance of the Unqualified Absolute.

Some [of the essays] appeared originally in writer's forums and bookstore throwaways, others in more academic contexts […]