60 [Hard, Chapter One]
9/15/2027
What if this is why I went crazy back in 2003? What if it wasn't my father's death? What if it was my fear that my intelligence would discover something as deadly as Einstein's did? What if I solve one of these "hard" science problems, and thereby change the world, the universe, all of spacetime, and ... cause wars ... cause ... worse than wars ... kill ... trillions of living beings ... even destroy all life, all sentience, all existence ... that's what I was afraid of ... so ... I buried my intelligence in a civil service career.
With polyamorous partners. And three pets.
But as of today, I've retired. I no longer have a career to distract me from solving these hard problems.
I have to give it a try.
Will the name Jar Road be vilified after I die, or ignored. Are these my only choices?
What if this is why I went crazy back in 2003? What if it wasn't my father's death? What if it was my fear that my intelligence would discover something as deadly as Einstein's did? What if I solve one of these "hard" science problems, and thereby change the world, the universe, all of spacetime, and ... cause wars ... cause ... worse than wars ... kill ... trillions of living beings ... even destroy all life, all sentience, all existence ... that's what I was afraid of ... so ... I buried my intelligence in a civil service career.
With polyamorous partners. And three pets.
But as of today, I've retired. I no longer have a career to distract me from solving these hard problems.
I have to give it a try.
Will the name Jar Road be vilified after I die, or ignored. Are these my only choices?