author: Neal Stephenson
content: For a Westerner to trash Western culture is like criticizing our nitrogen/oxygen
  atmoshere on the grounds that it sometimes gets windy, and besides, Jupiter's is
  much prettier. You may not realize its advantages until you're trying to breathe
  liquid methane.
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