2.3 billion years…
…is apparently how long the earth has before the sun fries it, according to TIME. That’s 1 billion more revolutions than was previously predicted.
When I first read this, I was oddly comforted about our increased permanence. Then I did a mental double-take - what reason did I have to be so relieved? It’s not like I’m going to be around to be feel the difference.
When people ask each other, “would you ever want to live forever?” I always consider the proposition in chunks of hundreds, maybe thousands of years tops. But billions? That length of time is bursting with get-me-outta-here.
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