When he learned how to exploit the Earth's minerals and hydrocarbons, he started to multiply ever faster, leaving ever less room for the planet's other species.
"I don't want to be one of those mothers, desperately calling their children, leaving ever increasingly frantic messages that they will then upload to become Twitter memes".
At one point, Klinenberg introduces us to Dee, a ninety-year-old widow who has lived alone for the past twenty-nine years in a Harlem apartment, and has no intention of leaving, ever.
Over time, expecatations will adjust, and the outlandish threshold will become ever less bold, truncating the list of feasible policy options and leaving ever more bold but practical policies in the too-crazy-to-work zone.What effect might this have?
Since the Senate is full of aging politicians who have no intention of leaving, ever, many members are extremely offended by the suggestion that all of them cannot expect to serve until they're 100 as a matter of course.
Today, unfortunately, even highly capable men and women named to be judges are the frequent target of filibusters leaving ever more work in the courts undone.
