Proximity Ending: When Influence Beams Down from Space
A Proximity Ending describes a boundary where access or a service changes abruptly. This can be as simple as moving from a city to a remote area and losing cell service, or as complex as crossing a national border and finding a different set of laws and cultural norms. Historically, these boundaries have been tangible and managed by nations to control everything from trade to currency. But what happens when the most powerful influences no longer respect those boundaries?
Rich Saviour Removes Death. And We All Suffer.
Imagine a world where no one dies from disease. Where people routinely live to 200. It sounds amazing—until you think about what that world looks like. Yes, death is bad. But eternal life, or even vastly extended life, is systematically irresponsible. Solving death isn’t the same as solving suffering. In fact, it may amplify it.
The fantasy of the rich saviour—the billionaire tech founder who cheats death and “saves” humanity—sits at the feverish centre of a hype-fuelled Venn diagram where AI, profitable healthcare, and the god complex converge.