the use of the phrase 'the last man' is a nod to Nietzsche's concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_man . we see sim

the use of the phrase 'the last man' is a nod to Nietzsche's concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_man . we see similar sentiments echoed elsewhere in culture, for example: the masses placated by soma in Huxley's 'Brave New World', the blue pill in the matrix, or the public medicated by cheap conveniences in Idiocracy. the author is pointing towards a decadent and impotent cultural milieu -- "Nietzsche warned that the society of the last man could be too barren and decadent to support the growth of healthy human life or great individuals." Search for the text "blink" on this page https://praxeology.net/zara.htm https://praxeology.net/zara.htm for a fuller picture. "We have discovered happiness," -- say the Last Men, and they blink.