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There is not an event, big or small, on earth that is not advantageous to something, big or small, and therefore the question of good or bad is always a matter of opinion.

— Way Home by Mark Boyle (27%)

The sky threw a real temper-tantrum last night. It was as if the gods had just found out about Formica, and wanted to punish humanity severely.

— Way Home by Mark Boyle (23%)

What will happen—and is happening—is that struggles over space and resources will intensify as habitats degrade. In this context—and particularly in concert with the technological trends discussed above—it may be possible for a small elite to continue to pollute the planet, protecting their own comfort while condemning most of the world's population to misery.

— Four Futures: Life After Capitalism (Jacobin) by Peter Frase (18%)

There are numerous theories of how viruses emerged. Some scientists say they formed from stray bits of genetic material that learned to move between cells. Others think they descended from once-autonomous organisms, but over time they chose to embrace a parasitic way of life. Some have even suggested that they were our progenitors, and that all of us are descended from some virus-like ancestor. Because they're made up of mere strands of proteins that unfortunately leave no trace in the archeological record, it's impossible to study a 'virus fossil." But fortunately, their traces can be found in the genomes of other living beings. Researchers have detected traces of viruses in a wide range of organic genetic material, even in our own human genome - around 8 per cent of our own DNA (100,000 pieces) is viral.

— Unseen Beings by Erik Jampa Andersson (16%)