“prefers paranoia to its opposite — the total absence of any pattern or meaning, the denial of all significance.”

Pretty much how it goes, fluctuating between the absolute, where all the connections sum out, and the infinite, where it all fades out.

As for children; I’ve told my daughter quite a few times, my generation is going to blow up the world and yours has to put it back together again. Think of it as pitching one over the wall.

We do live in interesting times.