i am very attracted to ideas you both touched on, especially of heroism and moral choices. i read a review of a sam harris book that suggested that if science was an objective search for truth in physical space, then philosophy can be described as the same thing but in hypothetical space. superhero fiction, to me, is exactly that kind of hypothetical space.

i'm really, really interested in heroes. what it means to be a hero, and the great responsibilities that come not just with great power, but with knowing that great injustices are happening.