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Excerpt from The History of Man © 40,000 AD
...which brings us to the few hundred years leading up to the second millennium. Like the first millennium,
recorded history regarding this time period is sparse, though the reasons differ. While humans alive during the
first millennium lacked the intelligence and technology to record anything lasting (beyond scratches on walls
rumored to still exist during the second age), those living during the second age had vast technology, a
remarkable network of computers they relied upon to store their knowledge and history. Alas, those records are
long lost, creating an impermeable wall between us and humans of the second age. Science and history can give
no reason for this wall, but we all know the legend passed on through the years, the childhood stories told to us
about the great Soft. For the purpose of modern record, though, I'll reiterate it here.
Sometime during the second age, Man was given great technology from the great Soft. Unlike the gods of the
past—giant, magnificent beings living in the clouds—the Soft was small, a micro-god if you will. Having gained
control of us, he looked through his 98 windows and saw an unruly humanity. Though the Soft had given the
mankind a new way of life, they called him diseased, bug-ridden. Angered, the Soft took his revenge on the
populous, but through deceptive means. The Soft, feigning pleasure, devised a large, attractive Net which he
used covered the entire globe. This Net drew in billions of people, only for them to find out the Net was really a
spider web trapping all those who touched it. The ensuing confusion led to the destruction of the technology
humanity had become so dependent upon, forever sealing off their mysterious history from the modern age.
Aaron Steinmetz © 2005
...which brings us to the few hundred years leading up to the second millennium. Like the first millennium,
recorded history regarding this time period is sparse, though the reasons differ. While humans alive during the
first millennium lacked the intelligence and technology to record anything lasting (beyond scratches on walls
rumored to still exist during the second age), those living during the second age had vast technology, a
remarkable network of computers they relied upon to store their knowledge and history. Alas, those records are
long lost, creating an impermeable wall between us and humans of the second age. Science and history can give
no reason for this wall, but we all know the legend passed on through the years, the childhood stories told to us
about the great Soft. For the purpose of modern record, though, I'll reiterate it here.
Sometime during the second age, Man was given great technology from the great Soft. Unlike the gods of the
past—giant, magnificent beings living in the clouds—the Soft was small, a micro-god if you will. Having gained
control of us, he looked through his 98 windows and saw an unruly humanity. Though the Soft had given the
mankind a new way of life, they called him diseased, bug-ridden. Angered, the Soft took his revenge on the
populous, but through deceptive means. The Soft, feigning pleasure, devised a large, attractive Net which he
used covered the entire globe. This Net drew in billions of people, only for them to find out the Net was really a
spider web trapping all those who touched it. The ensuing confusion led to the destruction of the technology
humanity had become so dependent upon, forever sealing off their mysterious history from the modern age.
Aaron Steinmetz © 2005
Of the Great Soft
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