“The problem was so big, so overwhelming. A few consumer choices weren't going to cut it, but what else could she do? Choices were the problem. Humans must make them, and every choice involves loss. Every choice is a death. And we hate death, are terrified of death, will do any depraved thing to avoid even its shadow. We are unwilling to sacrifice. Unable to cooperate. How to fight our own nature? It was over. The end.”