wait is Krikket England?
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Kokubunji, 2023.06.07
Somehow a story line from the Douglas Adams "Hitch-hikers" books popped into my mind this morning. In it, a race called the Krikket live on a sheltered planet under perpetual overcast. The overcast is actually the pulverized remains of a super AI system. The AI encourages the people of Krikket to launch a space ship and see the great vastness of the universe beyond its planet-shrouding particles.
The Krikket take one look and decide "it's got to go."
It's only now, 35 years later, that I wonder if he's talking about the English and their place in history.