The Martians of the past could have been so war-like that they wiped themselves off the face of the Red Planet. No reports have yet been revealed on Earth concerning microbial or bacterial life on the planet, but we like to believe that there could be. After a million years have passed, noticeable changes will have occurred everywhere. Humanity may have become Martian, who's to say? We may need to find a way to combat the pugilistic tendencies of our species in order to find out.
Is there no utopia, no 'not place'? Time is 'not place', though it makes for the possibility of places. The electronic network humanity now uses to communicate is 'not place' and far from anything near human societal perfection. That there is no perfect place is the didactic thrust of the concept of utopia. Yet even with shattered ideals, there is still a means to go on. Time. The sun. Life. This might be all there is. People can help sustain their little part in it. Desire still spurs us on, and hope.
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