Robotopia:

-- What are the robots of Robotopia motivated by? Why do they exist? Why do they persevere, carry on, and make more of themselves? Why do humans do so? The Colonial Commander could ask this of X.509, who responds with the same question. Think about it: why do YOU exist? Not the typical existential Big Question: Why are WE here? as if some external entity were determining the meaning of our existence, but why are YOU here? Why do YOU carry on and persevere? For religious people who believe in an afterlife markedly better than this one, why stay alive? Why not end suffering and journey to that paradise right now? What are you waiting for?