Ufuk Cetincan answers “does it bother anyone that in the 20 years...”

Catherine Goldwyn asked this question about Station Eleven:

does it bother anyone that in the 20 years since these people got slammed and the human race got almost wiped away , no one thought about going to a library and figuring out how to rebuild? I mean, all the information is there - in writing, in books! All of it - for all the ages! For me, this was nagging me the whole time

Ufuk Cetincan 99% (and a change) percent of the population dies. so roughly 99% of the doctors, engineers and bakers and quakers are gone... Also, the book takes pl…more99% (and a change) percent of the population dies. so roughly 99% of the doctors, engineers and bakers and quakers are gone... Also, the book takes place in a land that's only a couple of hundred miles radius, and far away from major cities. Surely that question bothered me too, but it's not totally unbelievable...

Also taking up from there, if there are any surgeons left, the second generation will not have any due to lack of proper education and practice. How can you cut open a patient only by reading books?...(less)

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