light matters

The Sun is around 93 million miles away, so it takes sunlight more than eight minutes to reach us.

To a pessimist, this means that it is possible that the sun has already died, or exploded, but we just don't know it yet.

"Starting with the affirmation of man

I work myself backwards using cynicism

(the time monitor, the space measurer)

I live sweat, but I dream light-years..."

-from "The Glory of Man" by the Minutemen