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Can I remember— I remember lots, I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter.

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Not everyone is concerned with the deep future, Manfred interrupts. It's important! If we live or die, that doesn't matter—that's not the big picture. The big question is whether information originating in our light cone is preserved, or whether we're stuck in a lossy medium where our very existence counts for nothing. It's downright embarrassing to be a member of a species with such a profound lack of curiosity about its own future, especially when it affects us all personally! I mean, if there's going to come a time when there's nobody or nothing to remember us then what does –
Manfred?
He stops in midsentence, his mouth open, staring dumbly.

Charles Stross