cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy are dystopic works and emergency states "cozy"?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhy are dystopic works and emergency states "cozy"?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 months agoYeah, the modern world is incredibly complex. Human brains did not evolve to be able to communicate with the number of people we deal with everyday, so the post-apocalyptic stories, with just afew hundred survivors is much more manageable
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoSmaller monkeyspheres
Yeah, the modern world is incredibly complex. Human brains did not evolve to be able to communicate with the number of people we deal with everyday, so the post-apocalyptic stories, with just afew hundred survivors is much more manageable
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