The one overriding lesson that the Universe teaches is: perspective. You learn you're alone in a cold, meaningless place which is overwhelmingly empty. Titles and power are merely a meaningless sideshow.
Anyone who hasn't the intelligence to grasp this, i.e. wants to be Overlord, is basically on a par with a child who puts a paper crown on his head, won from a cracker, at Christmas time. Unless there's a salary and wenches involved. Which isn't the case.
Zarek Null, Bristol City Four.
Realizing that the universe has no intrinsic meaning to offer us is precisely why we are forced to create it for ourselves.