from other galaxies, human infighting seems absurd and wasteful, and pollution seems insane

5 days left: because he's concerned with what's going on in the world outside of his own life. in fact, there's a lot of news over the past four+ years that i never would have heard if not for him. i know i can count on him to alert me to big happenings if i miss them myself, and our predisposition to make each other better citizens is reassuring.