This was well worth reading if you're in a patient, contemplative mood. It's mostly a snapshot of what's going on in the author's mind and research right now, a

This was well worth reading if you're in a patient, contemplative mood. It's mostly a snapshot of what's going on in the author's mind and research right now, and it reflects the thinking of the wider cosmology community. The author is candid, not guarding her words or resorting to formula. She's thinking and feeling everything she says. It's personal. And the last 7 paragraphs are particularly personal. She gives a quick history of here career rise, emphasizing the support she's received. She's modest, she doesn't spin. She calls her work a "meditation", which feels exactly right.