When we speak of people’s future, we mean after college, the next election, their career, their retirement. When we speak of the universe’s future, we mean when the sun burns out, when galaxies collide, when everything flies apart, when all that exists evaporates.

The untold billions and trillions of years, you say, make it all irrelevant. Not so. The far far future of the universe conveys great meaning now.

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