Gradually realising that in 17776, yeah, Steely Dan probably is still together
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17776 is in the general neighbourhood of a point which I think about sometimes: the romance and tragedy of deep space probes
Ironically it's not the probes themselves in the story which got me thinking about this again. It's the light bulb
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The probes in the story are just people, having conversations. The bulb, however, like the REAL probes, is inanimate. That's crucial
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Deep space probes represent the width of the physical footprint which humans have left on the universe. They are our high-water mark
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