: We are currently at 0.01. This suggests that the apocalypse is iterative. We are living through the first, most unstable build of a new, harsher era.
Should this be a of a specific story, or an original creative essay ? Apocalyptic_world_0.01.zip
The ".zip" extension is the most telling metaphor. To fit the world into a single archive, something must be lost. Data compression requires the removal of "redundant" information. In a world reduced to its barest essentials for survival, the first things to be "zipped" away are the luxuries of culture, nuance, and slow time. What remains is a high-density, low-fidelity version of humanity: : We are currently at 0