I wish I could provide a happy-ever-after ending. The closest I can come to such an ending is to say that it appears to me that there is a literal Higher Power that is somehow providing an enormous amount of energy in a way that allows the Universe to continually expand. This literal Higher Power is, in some way, influencing the world today, through the self-organizing nature of the economy. The book Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, by Ward and Brownlee, explains that life could not have happened on the Earth, as quickly as it did, by chance alone. Perhaps things will turn out differently than we expect.
What.
Gail is a believer. Perhaps believing in a Plan makes it easier to handle.
What a load of utter bullshit.
You might well believe that, but try forming arguments instead of stating your beliefs.
Oh no, not our precious neolib governments :((
