Paladin
7th Jun 2008, 08:31 AM
Arthur C. Clarke, who died this year, lived in Sri Lanka. He was the sci-fiction writer who wrote "2001," and the film, which followed, which made a large impact on movie goers everywhere, (remember HAL the computer?).He also wrote a number of other sci-fi stuff, but (to me, at least, he wrote a story that was more than just a tale of imagination) one that is strongly predictive of our human future on this planet.
I won't write too much on this story because it would reveal the plot, but this much I will relate: Children, born and reared in this time frame are "different." So different that they are really a genetic novelty in the human species. They are not only a new generation but a very special one, distinguishing it from previous human generations. They are, at the very least, the last of a species that has become redundant, even dangerous, to the point that this human species must be allowed to die out. WHY? Because the human species, as we presently understand it, has become a deterent to evolutionary progress. An alien species, once considered the epitome of evil by humans, become the saviors of our species by a new generation that will bring "CHANGE!" ( a term now current in politics). Read this fine book, and contemplate where you fit into this picture. PALADIN
I won't write too much on this story because it would reveal the plot, but this much I will relate: Children, born and reared in this time frame are "different." So different that they are really a genetic novelty in the human species. They are not only a new generation but a very special one, distinguishing it from previous human generations. They are, at the very least, the last of a species that has become redundant, even dangerous, to the point that this human species must be allowed to die out. WHY? Because the human species, as we presently understand it, has become a deterent to evolutionary progress. An alien species, once considered the epitome of evil by humans, become the saviors of our species by a new generation that will bring "CHANGE!" ( a term now current in politics). Read this fine book, and contemplate where you fit into this picture. PALADIN