From flaky memory, I think I find the Normal Ending far less acceptable than anything in the Optimalverse—one feels the premature truncation of human nature, rather than the natural exhaustion of it (or the choice to become inexhaustible) - but hey, maybe I’m inconsistent.
From flaky memory, I think I find the Normal Ending far less acceptable than anything in the Optimalverse—one feels the premature truncation of human nature, rather than the natural exhaustion of it (or the choice to become inexhaustible) - but hey, maybe I’m inconsistent.