Matt Kielty

Do it.

I want that.

Well, I mean, the thing, the only thing I would say is that, like, one of the things we learned when reporting the story is that 99.9% of all things that have ever existed on Earth have gone extinct.

Basically, basically everything that's ever lived has eventually died.

whether or not, like, and it seems like chance is a big part of that, but we don't fully know, but whatever, everything does.

And I've sort of maybe naively always existed with this thought that

Like, we as species are progressing towards something.

Like, some sort of better world eventually for us and, I don't know, other species.

And kind of really believed in the idea that, like, in some way, your actions, the actions that you take, the things that you do are rewarded in some way to continue to strive towards something better.

And instead...

in doing this reporting, it's like, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You, your kind, and every other kind eventually just gets wiped off the face of the earth.

You have no foresight.

You don't know it's coming.

It just happens.

And not only does it just happen, but like in the long run, it happens to almost everything.

And I guess in some way, I'm like, it just feels deeply nihilistic.

And I'm kind of like, well, what are we doing here?

This is making me think of a song for The Shape.

A song with The Shape?