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One of the most interesting parts to me of Pham Nuwen's character was his relationship to his distant descendants. Humans just aren't wired to consider family
by newsbinator 7y ago
One of the most interesting parts to me of Pham Nuwen's character was his relationship to his distant descendants.
Humans just aren't wired to consider family members beyond 3 or 4 generations up and down.
Perhaps I'd feel the same general apathy as Pham Nuwen 20 generations down. Then again, he had other familial issues that played a part.
- mirimir 7y agoOne started with him hiding in a nursing home, after faking his death. I don't recall specifics, but I suppose that it's possible that all of the other characters are his descendants. And they had spent a long time looking for him. In the other, he'd been resurrected by some godlike AI as a meatspace agent. Millennia after the Qeng Ho era, I think.