Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
13 people recommended it in 11 threads, 2008–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
Tau Zero, Childhood's end, and Children of men made me realize how much I empathized with success and continuation of species more than Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" or Dawkins' "Selfish Gene" ever did.
It helped me understand that all things must end eventually, and that it is okay.
“No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.”
Childhoods end - Humanity takes the next step in evolution
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