He extrapolated the future, it didn't
seem as bright to him as it did to others.
By all accounts they would regress back
to an Iron Age agricultural society. Knowledge would be lost as
things were deemed 'impractical' or 'unnecessary'. Disease would be
cured, so there would be no further research into anything medical.
Industry would collapse as mass production would be considered too
polluting. Biological sciences would reduced to observation and
basic interaction as any kind of experiment would be ruled out as
cruel. Once basic needs were provided for – a logistical mess
which no-one seemed to want to prepare for beforehand – there was
no drive to accomplish anything more. Mass communication was also
down as satellites and other infrastructure fell into disuse.
Creative endeavours suffered from a lack of audience and basic
supplies.
There was a cheery optimism among the
more practical minded, as they felt this was the 'proper' was to
live. The more esoteric and existential viewed this as more of a
blank slate and saw no reason to continue in the current stagnation.
He felt it would be an uphill struggle
to organize anything more elaborate. The majority felt that basic
obedience was what was called for and they saw no reason to go off
the page. It was an oppression by absence – one was strongly
recommended to endorse the primary objectives so much that other
activities were crowded out into oblivion.
Try as he might, he couldn't muster up
the enthusiasm for what he reflected to be a half-built production.
The ostensibly helpful suggestions gave no room for creative
interpretation or meaningful deviation.
No comments:
Post a Comment