There’s been quite a few zombie movies released lately, and more to come. The other day I read this, regarding why we’re so obsessed with zombies and apocalyptic themes.
Essentially Professor Wilson is saying there are various complex reasons we like the ghoulish zombie epics.
An excuse to cast off blame, monsters awaken the Cain within us, zombies represent overcoming death, etc., etc.
But I think he's
missing something. Perhaps this is one instance where likes attract. Perhaps we
see more than a little of ourselves in the zombie.
Consider for a moment
human evolution.
We emerged from this:
Archaea
Or some form of bacteria (pleasant thought)
Or some form of bacteria (pleasant thought)
And evolved into this:
Then with further
genetic modifications became this:
And finally this:
Albeit there were some exceptions. Not all of us were Einstein material.
First we muttered amongst ourselves while we were grooming each other--monkey see, monkey do--then we created a wonderful thing called LANGUAGE--so we could shout at someone across the field instead of poking, slapping and grunting at the guy/gal within physical reach. Words were symbolic for every nuance of life, every object, phenomenon, colour or emotion. Then we had a fabulous idea. Because we have so many fabulous ideas, we'd better write them down.
So we did.
After that the ideas just kept growing.
So we did.
After that the ideas just kept growing.
We developed these:
And a device that has a
few beneficial components, but, as we would soon discover, is inherently evil:
Something happened at
his point. Something like this . . .
photo: Peter John Chen/ BY-NC-SA
And it snowballed from
there.
If you can't see this on your iPad or iPhone, click here.
Did you notice the
transformation? Are we de-evolving?
This article explains what is happening.
When we flood the
airwaves or cell waves with every detail of our lives and every absurd thought,
are we being social, or are we eating each other’s brains?
You may notice I don’t
post in my blog very often. That usually means I’m deep into research and
writing, and I can’t focus on social media and producing a decent book at the
same time. I can’t multitask worth a damn. But it doesn’t mean I haven’t tried
to slap together posts now and then; the problem is they’re junk posts--fleeting thoughts, random commentary, superficial snapshots of my dull life--and I
don’t feel they’re worthy of sharing. I don’t feel like boring you with every
detail of my life. I have no intention of eating your brain. My goal will
always be to expand and enrich it. Although, perhaps you will regard this as a junk post as well ;)
Or see you transform into this:
Good luck surviving the apocalypse.
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