“Acceptance that this is not a rehearsal. That this is it.”

—  William Gibson

When asked what will save humanity.
No Maps for These Territories (2000)
Context: Acceptance. Acceptance of the impermanence of being. And acceptance of the imperfect nature of being, or possibly the perfect nature of being, depending on how one looks at it. Acceptance that this is not a rehearsal. That this is it.

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