2 Ideas
Trump tweet (chicken will never be beef) is the end of the world*, but what psychology led to it. from wanting to impress his Dad back to the stone age
Done in reverse, like Inception, boring otherwise
At the end a caveman does B instead of A, and it gives him advantage.
We see numerous generations of this, with many being survival of the fittest, and many being odd luck.
Strongest man gets most fertile woman vs everyone in the village dies in an avalanche except the village idiot
Every generation gets a genetic skill that demonstrably gives them an advantage in fittest or luck.
Inherits strength so survives fight.
Scared of ice so misses the avalanche
Everyone stops eating the cheap to produce protein, in favour of the expensive one. Rich countries take over poor ones, destroy everything to make way for cows (like Amazon destruction now). Climate change worsens dramatically. And because rich countries are totally reliant on tech, a solar storm sends them back to the stone age, back to the original scenario. And one wrong choice leads to our extinction.
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Time meets halfway
Time flows both ways (only 2 ways)
So what happens when this way, and that way, cross paths
The trend on our trajectory is from individuals to a beautiful hive mind.
Theirs is from hive mind to individual
Both are seen as spiritual growth.
When they pass, they barely acknowledge each other, but it is understood that mid-way is heaven.
What if midway is heaven, and only those who recognise it get to go?
And the rest have more to do
This could be one person, one consciousness, two parallel realities, one moving forward, the other backward, and pass at halfway. Maybe at halfway everyone gets a blip. And it could be enlightening.
spark / the end of the world