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Standing in a Utah desert at 4 am, seeing the Milky Way for the first time in years, the thought that came to mind was “remote indifference.”

Camus’ phrase “benign indifference” also suits.

I have encountered the idea of the universe becoming “aware of itself,” but that strikes me as both unlikely and unnecessary.

It doesn’t make it any less sacred.

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