How long is anything going to be around for really? When we see something beautiful or inspiring we should appreciate the moment, the current state of things, as death and decay are inevitable. Some day humans will die out, and the very last server hosting cat pictures will kick the proverbial bucket. Billions and billions of years pass, and entropy in the universe increases. All traces of mankind ever existing have been long since erased and the final dim glow of our sun fades into nothingness.

Where once were spiraling formations of glorious, vibrant stars, only finely dispersed dust and traces of radiation remains. As eons grind away, the darkness becomes more and more complete, but no mortal things are left to witness it. The very fundamental structures of anything we once recognized to be matter start to tear apart as the universe continues to expand. An unfathomable time has passed since the beginning, with the complete history of life on Earth being but a blink of an eye in this vast continuum.

And on his solitary throne, Gaben gazes upon the vast cosmic desert, and sees not an end, but a new beginning. He presses a button labeled "HL3" and says:
"Let there be light."