tampering t1_j29qbj0 wrote
Reply to comment by Redjay12 in Is Canticle For Lebowitz supposed to be funny? by Redjay12
It does seem to take a dim view of the idea of 'human progress' and suggest that 'cyclical rise and fall' is the fate of humans.
Redjay12 OP t1_j2a3wg4 wrote
yes especially because a spaceship that was meant to colonize other worlds gets obliterated by nuclear holocaust. After 700 years of rebuilding society. Pretty explicitly saying we will be forever doomed to this rise and fall and that it is inescapable. in his time as well as ours, that’s bleak
Griffen_07 t1_j2a9u93 wrote
You want bleak, look at the current theory that we are destroying our ability to leave Earth by creating a giant junk cloud in low orbit. We are already having to track all kinds of junk to protect our satellites and more crap seems to arrive daily.,
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