A History of What Comes Next Quotes

“Got to have someone to hate, even if it’s your own people.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“There is some interesting new research15 that suggests that the Little Ice Age might have been caused in part by reforestation after the genocide of native people in the Americas. Following Christopher Columbus’s first voyage, Europeans killed about 90 percent of the indigenous population, either directly or by spreading disease. The dead stopped farming, and trees started to grow back, reducing CO2 concentrations enough to cause a global cooling.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“Scientific ignorance paired with religious extremism leads to all kinds of craziness, including throwing people into rivers to see if they float.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“It's definitely not kidnapping if your pet comes along.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“Common sense rarely prevails in the face of paranoia,”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“Do we truly care for people, for their empirical selves, or do we care for how we experience them?”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“Those who believed feel cheated, robbed by one man’s stupidity. Those who didn’t are defeated just the same. There’s no prize for having been ashamed early.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next

“It's like a choice, but with fewer options.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next