Project Hail Mary is a Male Pattern Fantasy
Published: April 1, 2026
Duration: 27:20
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. You know it, don’t you?
You’ve seen it on a Breaking Bad poster, or perhaps you vaguely recall it from a GCSE English syllabus you ignored because you were too busy wondering if a lightsaber could, in theory, be powered by a sufficiently large alkaline battery.
It’s a poem about a massive, male ego, crumbling in a desert.
It’s a poem about the fantasies of men.