The Utopian Oath

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from Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer
See: Utopia

I hereby renounce the right to complacency,

and vow lifelong to take

only what minimum of leisure

is necessary to my productivity,

viewing health, happiness, rest, and play

as means, not ends, and that,

while Utopia provides my needs,

I will commit the full produce of my labors

to our collective effort

to redirect the path of human life

away from death

and toward the stars.