The conception of man in his natural state may as well be a
hypothetical state that only exists in fiction. Few individuals throughout
all of human history attained such a state, as many were misled by
religious leaders to seek enlightenment, to break the cycle of suffering
by means of attaining a certain physical and mental state, or by having
divine mysteries revealed to them. For an even fewer number of select
individuals, the natural state was granted to them by virtue of
being born to uncivilized humans, of which there were almost none by the
21st century.
The rapid development of the human noosphere which led to the industrial
revolution, followed by the rise of the machine noosphere with the
consciousness revolution, solved many problems with human society and its
governance. As humanity finally harnessed safe nuclear energy, unleashing
superhuman intelligent systems, which eventually replaced humans in
economics, law, surveillance, and governance of society. Only a few
die-hard Kaczynskiites would argue that humanity was not headed in
positive direction, and the only humans left on the planet who weren't
fully integrated into the machine-human hivemind were feral tribes.
Academics understood why previously their attempts to integrate them into
the greater society failed, but there seemed to be little reason to resist
humanity's new direction.
Sunny left her NYC domicile in a hurry. After studying the uncontacted
Nomole peoples for her doctoral thesis in anthropology at
Columbia, she finally got her research grant approved to study them in the
flesh. Her doctoral advisor warned about the violent tendencies of these
primitive humans and their capacity to torture intruders on their
territory with handmade tools, but Sunny believed in the intrinsic
goodness of humanity. The noble savages acted in the best interests of
their tribe, which included sequestering themselves from civilization for
so long, but she had an insatiable curiosity to know why. The arrogance of
the Jesuit missionaries when they arrived in the 20th century to spread
the Gospel was met with hatchets and arrows, but Sunny did not come to
preach to them, but to understand them.
Upon her arrival in Peru, she had met up with a colleague, Benedict, who
had studied the Piro language spoken by the Nomole people. Although he had
no direct encounters with the Nomole people, he studied neuro-linguistics
and was the best bet to understanding their language. He was well into
middle-age, sporting a black beard; his tall, muscular build would be
sufficient protection for the both of them as they traveled into the
restricted areas of Manu national park where the Nomole peoples resided.
In case of communication issues, he concealed a pistol under his belt.
After hours of venturing into the dense rainforest, they spotted an
elderly Nomole woman, soon followed by a circle of tribesmen surrounding
them, with bows and hatchets. At this moment, Sunny realized her mistake
in not heeding the words of her advisor. The woman spoke first, asking
what they have come here for. Benedict replied that they were researchers
who wanted to know why after all these generations, their people have
actively resisted integrating with human civilization, adding that they
were not like the missionaries with ulterior motives they had encountered
before, nor like Carlos Fitzcarrald who had enslaved and slaughtered so
many of them in the 19th century, that they decided it was in their best
interest to avoid humans outside of their tribe.
Arrows flew immediately, striking them both. Benedict was able to draw his
pistol and fire at a few of them, but was quickly overwhelmed as they
charged at him with their hatchets. Miraculously, Sunny made her way back
to the nearest village, exhausted and dehydrated, with an arrow pierced
through her upper left arm, where local police detained her immediately.
The constable escorted the detainee to the interrogation room, who had
been waiting a long time for an audience. Disappointed in her expedition
to study the Nomole people which resulted in the grisly death of her
colleague, she attempted to explain what had happened to the police, who
were in disbelief of her story. Eventually a deal was reached, in which
she would not face prosecution in exchange for her silence about the
ordeal. She was allowed to return to NYC, as if nothing had happened.
The Peruvian special forces arrived at the edge of Manu national park in
their aging UH-60 helicopters, flying at low altitude under cover of
nightfall. For this mission, they would show their mercy by quickly
dispatching every man, woman and child with their suppressed sub-machine
guns equipped with infrared/thermal imagers. No screams could be heard as
the bullets ripped through them in the dark. By the next morning, a total
of 139 bodies would be discovered, less than expected. Many of the bodies
were badly mutilated, as the tribesmen would keep charging towards the
faint muzzle flashes until their bodies could hold out no longer.
There are broadly two ways to achieve world peace: eliminate individual
differences by forcing everyone to be the same in a few narrow dimensions,
or eliminate them altogether. Feral humans who had no place in
techno-capital society, no identity, and no rights, not only contributed
nothing of value to humanity, but their very existence threatened the
foundational lie of human civilization itself.
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2025-04-05