Exactly - the opulence makes you march toward the opulence, while the homelessness makes you march away from the homelessness. It’s how they motivate us since they aren’t allowed to use whips.

“Perilous” is doing so much work here.

If my eyes roll any farther back I’ll be in the Middle Ages.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan. It a science miniseries that I love dearly, but it’s like video Quaaludes.