This is very strange turn of events considering that there are some prehistoric cultures that have emerged from tropical climates that have been able to carve out a considerably advanced society. Remove this condition and man is reduced to an animal. Man’s superiority ultimately is built upon a single premise: favorable weather. Strangeman has access to old, functional tech but rather than work to help the rest of the survivors out he works to establish his own little cult of devotees. Beatrice Dahl is a decadent, lazy, rich girl-possibly the last of her kind and the last of humanity with access to such luxuries-yet she does nothing to help human civilization survive or flourish, choosing instead to live out her days lounging in the pool in a bikini getting drunk. The representatives of last vestiges of civilization are far from being truly civilized. He effectively proposes that for humanity to adapt to the new “normal” they must discard all the achievements mankind has attained over the millennia in order to more effectively move forward into this new era-moving backward to the future-in a manner of speaking. Kierans to the ever-encroaching jungle and deterioration of civilization as they know it is to embrace humanity’s supposed slow descent into their primitive, pre-historic condition. The Irony of Moving Backward to the Future We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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