In the grand scheme of things at a cosmic scale, every human endeavor is a hunt to know which of Ahab's legs was missing. When the last echoes of humanity have

In the grand scheme of things at a cosmic scale, every human endeavor is a hunt to know which of Ahab's legs was missing. When the last echoes of humanity have been silenced and all trace of us gone from memory, nobody can care if you spent your time trying to figure out a cure for cancer or whether a fictional character would have liked chocolate cake.