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Ascent to the Sun

April 1, 2025

Ten thousand years after leaving a dying Earth, a human seedship arrives at a distant planet. The planet is covered three miles deep by an interlocking network of massive trees called the silva. The seedship lands, blasting a hole in the silva, and the ship’s AI begins gestating the first generation of colonists. Seventeen years later, a dozen colonists emerge. One of them kills a Waya, a wolf-like native sentient creature, triggering a battle in…

Like a Moth

May 18, 2023

During one of my business trips to Japan I was treated to a big dinner event at a fancy Tokyo restaurant. A dozen Japanese executives were there. At some point, after several rounds of drinks, I asked the senior Sumitomo executive if he could tell a joke. The room grew quiet. The executive stood up, whiskey glass in hand, and said, “In my youth I had time and health but I had no money. In…