It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme…

Bill Bryson
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It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously. ✨ Bill Bryson (2014). A Short History of Nearly Everything, p.435, Lulu Press, Inc
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