The planet Regis is uninhabited; man has no business being here… It‘s no different than if the men had perished in an earthquake or a thunderstorm. We haven‘t been confronted by someone‘s conscious, purposeful effort or some hostile will. Nothing but an inorganic process of self-organization… Is it worth wasting our energy and strength to destroy it, simply because from the start we‘ve considered it an enemy lying in wait for us…?

Stanislaw Lem, The Invincible

released May 22, 2017