Preface
11:36 am, march 2nd, 2015
Subjugation
Towards the end of the 20th century, many things began to change in the long haul progression of our society.
Initially, there was the sociological effects of the general acceptance of scientific knowledge, and the beginning of a general understanding of the power that it can hold for the individual, let alone for the organisation of many individuals, allowing buildings of an as yet undreamt of scale, mechanically and visually exceeding those magnificent constructions that still persist, and have done so since the dawn of time, or as it appears to our human perceptions. But where those ancient constructions required a generation to build, and the powers of many miserably driven slaves, and the brute force of beasts, they were effective if crude in design, almost the exact antithesis of the metal and poured concrete utilitarian constructs, those that rise up in a small count of years, in the end of the modern 20th century. The desire for the human race to conceive beliefs in an important beginning shows in these early engineering feats, as is the determination of man to affront the concept of limitations and persist where all chance of success seems lost to fate. There are mathematically accurate astronomical alignments present in our ancestors feats of idolism, showing that when looking at a society from across a distance of time, there will be a distinct lack of understanding, with regards to methods, but we can consider the psychology to be simpler, as alike to our own as a child to a parent. But it is exactly the disbelief of that concept, fate, that has allowed people as a race to extend boundaries, and explores the harshest lands in the name of progress, and it could be considered a sensible reasoning to believe that the apparent death of god late in the 20th century was a spurring force in the development of a society wide passion for self importance and prestige, but also for exploration, leading scientists to probe things that had as yet been held safe in the sanctity of belief, things that ought not to be played with.
Some of the subjects scientists chose to probe were considered to be 'best left untouched', as the beliefs of god still interposed upon all things, these things that even in the latest years of the century were still taboo, and were, therefore, not studied in the open. Much like the secretive alchemists of earlier ages, scientists beavered away on top secret projects of unknown importance, whilst their less hidden counterparts delved into the mathematics of the cosmos and other equally interesting, but less conspicuous phenomena. However, whilst the continued academic advance of our race became a noticeably snowballing affair, an exponentially increasing rate of progress, it began to tear apart the foundations of human society and rebuild the simplest generic tasks of everyday life into a wholly new, and completely different collection of procedures. What once was stored in a cold dark place became heat sealed and therefore impervious for storage. What took before preparation of a firepit, and associated apparatus for cooking food, a tripod, a kettle, all become obsolete with the advent of an automated cooker. Where washing ladies once labored in the streams of the earlier centuries, a washboard in hand, now a machine would take the toil and free the time. This slow progression and acceleration can be traced back through the mists of time to those collossally prestigious buildings of our ancestors. Whilst our ancestors said 'look here world, i build, and i rule, therefore i am strong', Now our new age brethren chose to build similar idolic structures, the same prestigious temples, to the modern gods of economic success and sociological progress.
The general feel of the end of the 20th century was, in this way, one of enlightenment and of ease of use. We believe that there is a machine to do everything, to make our lives easy such that we may achieve our potential. This was the belief many shared, altho frequently the interpretation would differ. As much as some aspects of the human race's progression at the turn of the century might be considered enlightened, the ascension was not complete. There still existed in the older parts of the world more deeply entrenched cultures that barely managed to accept and assimilate the new technologies brought to life by their more progressive brethren in other countries. Much as the initial breakthroughs in agriculture, for example, sprung up individually, and then began to spread and eventually became a given knowledge available to all members of our species, so was the advancement of technology taking a similar route. However the invention of electronic transmissions showed in stark relief how whilst the bulk of the civilized world claimed to be modern and technological and advanced, claimed to be civilized and non-primal, there still existed pockets of non-advanced human society, tribal villages living off the naturally occurring fruits of the jungles, buried deeply in the biggest rainforests on the planet, as yet unaware of their position in the race for progression, they were content simply to exist, the harsh lives leaving little time to reflect, or to advance.
However backwards these small pockets of human life might seem, even they were beginning to show effects from the advancement of society and technology as time wore on closer to the moments here recorded. We begin to hear stories of far eastern countries, those considered to be the poorer countries, beginning to have complete cell reception for mobile communication. As a blue collar worker in the western world might use a brand new smart phone to check the prices of stocks on the stock market, so a far eastern farmer was using the same technology to check the prices of seeds at market. The general explosion of technological advancement sent shockwaves rippling through our planet so deeply that every deepest pocket eventually felt the effects. From the environmentally stressful effects of the testing of nuclear weapons, to the accidental effects of oil spillages releasing millions of tonnes of crude oil into the oceans, the environmental effects of our progress begin to strangle the planet, whilst the infiltration of mobile gadgets and computers into the farthest reaches of the uncivilized world, the technological advance has left irreversible effects. These environmental and sociological factors coupled with a lessened inhibition on the part of our scientists with regards to the limitation ascribed to their questions, all play their part to ensure that the human race and the planet upon which they live, will never be the same again. With this thought of an unsure future, our story begins.
Subjugation
Towards the end of the 20th century, many things began to change in the long haul progression of our society.
Initially, there was the sociological effects of the general acceptance of scientific knowledge, and the beginning of a general understanding of the power that it can hold for the individual, let alone for the organisation of many individuals, allowing buildings of an as yet undreamt of scale, mechanically and visually exceeding those magnificent constructions that still persist, and have done so since the dawn of time, or as it appears to our human perceptions. But where those ancient constructions required a generation to build, and the powers of many miserably driven slaves, and the brute force of beasts, they were effective if crude in design, almost the exact antithesis of the metal and poured concrete utilitarian constructs, those that rise up in a small count of years, in the end of the modern 20th century. The desire for the human race to conceive beliefs in an important beginning shows in these early engineering feats, as is the determination of man to affront the concept of limitations and persist where all chance of success seems lost to fate. There are mathematically accurate astronomical alignments present in our ancestors feats of idolism, showing that when looking at a society from across a distance of time, there will be a distinct lack of understanding, with regards to methods, but we can consider the psychology to be simpler, as alike to our own as a child to a parent. But it is exactly the disbelief of that concept, fate, that has allowed people as a race to extend boundaries, and explores the harshest lands in the name of progress, and it could be considered a sensible reasoning to believe that the apparent death of god late in the 20th century was a spurring force in the development of a society wide passion for self importance and prestige, but also for exploration, leading scientists to probe things that had as yet been held safe in the sanctity of belief, things that ought not to be played with.
Some of the subjects scientists chose to probe were considered to be 'best left untouched', as the beliefs of god still interposed upon all things, these things that even in the latest years of the century were still taboo, and were, therefore, not studied in the open. Much like the secretive alchemists of earlier ages, scientists beavered away on top secret projects of unknown importance, whilst their less hidden counterparts delved into the mathematics of the cosmos and other equally interesting, but less conspicuous phenomena. However, whilst the continued academic advance of our race became a noticeably snowballing affair, an exponentially increasing rate of progress, it began to tear apart the foundations of human society and rebuild the simplest generic tasks of everyday life into a wholly new, and completely different collection of procedures. What once was stored in a cold dark place became heat sealed and therefore impervious for storage. What took before preparation of a firepit, and associated apparatus for cooking food, a tripod, a kettle, all become obsolete with the advent of an automated cooker. Where washing ladies once labored in the streams of the earlier centuries, a washboard in hand, now a machine would take the toil and free the time. This slow progression and acceleration can be traced back through the mists of time to those collossally prestigious buildings of our ancestors. Whilst our ancestors said 'look here world, i build, and i rule, therefore i am strong', Now our new age brethren chose to build similar idolic structures, the same prestigious temples, to the modern gods of economic success and sociological progress.
The general feel of the end of the 20th century was, in this way, one of enlightenment and of ease of use. We believe that there is a machine to do everything, to make our lives easy such that we may achieve our potential. This was the belief many shared, altho frequently the interpretation would differ. As much as some aspects of the human race's progression at the turn of the century might be considered enlightened, the ascension was not complete. There still existed in the older parts of the world more deeply entrenched cultures that barely managed to accept and assimilate the new technologies brought to life by their more progressive brethren in other countries. Much as the initial breakthroughs in agriculture, for example, sprung up individually, and then began to spread and eventually became a given knowledge available to all members of our species, so was the advancement of technology taking a similar route. However the invention of electronic transmissions showed in stark relief how whilst the bulk of the civilized world claimed to be modern and technological and advanced, claimed to be civilized and non-primal, there still existed pockets of non-advanced human society, tribal villages living off the naturally occurring fruits of the jungles, buried deeply in the biggest rainforests on the planet, as yet unaware of their position in the race for progression, they were content simply to exist, the harsh lives leaving little time to reflect, or to advance.
However backwards these small pockets of human life might seem, even they were beginning to show effects from the advancement of society and technology as time wore on closer to the moments here recorded. We begin to hear stories of far eastern countries, those considered to be the poorer countries, beginning to have complete cell reception for mobile communication. As a blue collar worker in the western world might use a brand new smart phone to check the prices of stocks on the stock market, so a far eastern farmer was using the same technology to check the prices of seeds at market. The general explosion of technological advancement sent shockwaves rippling through our planet so deeply that every deepest pocket eventually felt the effects. From the environmentally stressful effects of the testing of nuclear weapons, to the accidental effects of oil spillages releasing millions of tonnes of crude oil into the oceans, the environmental effects of our progress begin to strangle the planet, whilst the infiltration of mobile gadgets and computers into the farthest reaches of the uncivilized world, the technological advance has left irreversible effects. These environmental and sociological factors coupled with a lessened inhibition on the part of our scientists with regards to the limitation ascribed to their questions, all play their part to ensure that the human race and the planet upon which they live, will never be the same again. With this thought of an unsure future, our story begins.