With the thunder of electronic dance music that came from gigantic speakers mounted on trucks, the festival of the new year came to the town of Bolebur in the nation of Semang. The people of Semang are happy, for the most part. They are theoretically immortal and could be so if they stayed indoors forever. But what kind of life is that? No, they venture outside knowing there is a remote probability of a freak accident or murder because life in Semang is full, rich, and interesting. Perhaps you don’t think so. Perhaps you find such utopian worlds boring, being more interested in dystopian worlds like those where the
The Ones Who Drive Away From Omelas
The Ones Who Drive Away From Omelas
The Ones Who Drive Away From Omelas
With the thunder of electronic dance music that came from gigantic speakers mounted on trucks, the festival of the new year came to the town of Bolebur in the nation of Semang. The people of Semang are happy, for the most part. They are theoretically immortal and could be so if they stayed indoors forever. But what kind of life is that? No, they venture outside knowing there is a remote probability of a freak accident or murder because life in Semang is full, rich, and interesting. Perhaps you don’t think so. Perhaps you find such utopian worlds boring, being more interested in dystopian worlds like those where the