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		sailormoon on July 27, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You will live for longer than 1% of the entire his... Anything he wants? There is a whole universe of things to do. So many books to read, so much music to listen to, so many things to learn and build and understand. I just can't imagine being bored, not in a million lifetimes.

jcl on July 27, 2009 | [–]

Reminds me a little of "The Last Answer" by Asimov...

http://destructionoverdrive.blogspot.com/2005/06/last-answer...

tybris on July 27, 2009 | | [–]

Ahum, no civilization: no books, no music, no building.

iclelland on July 27, 2009 | | [–]

No, just no new books. Still plenty already written for a few hundred lifetimes' worth of reading, though.

SpoonMeiser on July 27, 2009 | [–]

What about a million and one?

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