But the view from below has long since supplanted the view from above, so there were no satellite pictures committed indelibly to collective memory. In a crisis, we still look for the big ape. They’d have gotten in the ground with sterile tents and tricorders and machine learning translators, taking charge. They’d have caught the ship on satellite surveillance. In the bad old days (the commentary said later), nation-states had plans laid in for this sort of thing. from The Dandelion Manifesto, v.2.3, released December 2043 Power is ours, but not ours alone, and we can create harmony with the world. We understand the wisdom in the forces that first shaped us, but now we adapt to them, learn from their patterns, and dance with them. The forms we built took on life of their own, and the power we created escaped from our grasp and devoured us. We decided what we thought right, and set principles above any king. We struggled to comprehend their whims, and power was born from divine approval. Incomprehensible forces took on form and personality. Laws and forces beyond human comprehension shaped our lives, and everything we did was aimed at survival. In humanity’s infancy, power was not yet ours to hold.
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