When the 83-year-old Nimoy died last year, he got a eulogy from President Barack Obama — like the Enterprise's Executive Officer, a pioneer of mixed parentage with a reputation for keeping cool in the face of hostility and panic. "I loved Spock," the president said.
Who didn't? The guy with the bowl cut and the pointy ears is the walking embodiment of all the aspirational beliefs every iteration of Star Trek has shared, and that have made the franchise endure for half a century: Optimism. Respect for diversity. Faith that reason shall triumph over ignorance. Confidence that our destructive emotions can be mastered without denying us the benefits of more saintly ones like loyalty and love.
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