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
Dave Yeah that bothered me as well. I know that the flu wiped out 99 percent of the population but I can't believe that the entire population was devoid of…moreYeah that bothered me as well. I know that the flu wiped out 99 percent of the population but I can't believe that the entire population was devoid of someone who had the knowledge to get the electricity going again before 20 years had passed. Or someone with the curiosity to look into the knowledge of it. (less)
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