I didn't follow what was happening for a lot of the book but at the end I feel good about it and I'll read some essays.  It's short enough that I could read the book again for understanding. 


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STATEMENT 179 I believe in the future. I think you need to imagine a future and then live in it. I believe in unfathomable quantities of nourishment. All of us here on board are but fleeting carrier craft of the program. We bear the program with us. I think I’m going to encounter a great love in my life. My love is waiting for me already, I’m already immersed in it. Look around you. We are but craft, fleeting carriers. Shortly we shall be gone, to regenerate in some other form. Have you noticed how we’ve settled into new modes now? We nest-build in spaces between sleep and waking, between night and day, between human and humanoid, between object and room, between room and voice. I believe in the future. I think you need to imagine your future and then live in it. I believe in unfathomable quantities of nourishment. You say I mirror back at them the missions of my coworkers. But now it’s you who are mirroring me. Mirroring back at me the person I’ve been on board the ship. Reflecting what I gave and returning it like a beam of light. Everyone on the ship is doing their utmost. I believe in the future. I think you need to imagine a future and live in it. I believe in unfathomable quantities of nourishment. We are but humble carrier craft of the program. Shortly, like obsolete updates, we shall be gone. I believe I’m going to encounter a great love in my life.