Part 4, Interlude 1

<p>OneCorn/Martha posts on a Bible study sub-board about <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Symbols & Motifs" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-future/symbols-and-motifs/#597020">the story of Lot</a> in Genesis. She warns users that the content will contain references to rape and incest. After being evicted from Sodom, Lot and his daughters live in a cave; they are left with almost nothing. Without any eligible men from whom to choose, Lot’s daughters decide to ply their father with wine until he is intoxicated then engage in intercourse with him. OneCorn implies that Lot knowingly engages in incest after the first night. Instead of living by the golden rule, these last survivors of a destroyed civilization instead live by the rule of retribution. OneCorn compares this to the contemporary age where internet <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/discourse-in-literature-definition-examples/">discourse</a> increasingly invites, and sanctions, dissension and degradation. There is a lively discussion among other users at the end of OneCorn’s lecture. ArturoMegadog mentions that he is doing better after his suicide attempt, especially now that he has a project to keep him occupied.</p>

Part 4, Interlude 1 Summary: “Extract From Name The Day Survivalist Forum”

Part 4, Chapter 1

<p>After fleeing Singapore, Zhen decides to hunker down in Madrid for a while. She takes inventory of her supplies and eats the fresh food first. After 20 days, she leaves the hotel, deciding it is safe to travel.

Part 4, Chapter 1 Summary: “Twenty-Eight Squeeze Packs of Peanut and Almond Butter, Zhen”

Part 4, Chapter 2

Part 4, Chapter 2 Summary: “The Pixels in the World, Martha”

Part 4, Chapter 3

Part 4, Chapter 3 Summary: “MENACE, Zhen”

Part 4, Chapter 4

Part 4, Chapter 4 Summary: “Weaponized Poetry, Martha”

Part 4, Chapter 5

Part 4, Chapter 5 Summary: “Entente Cordial, Zhen”

Part 4, Chapter 6

Part 4, Chapter 6 Summary: “If It Was Really Bad, There’d Have Been an Alert, Martha”

Part 4, Chapter 7

Part 4, Chapter 7 Summary: “The Right Level of Failure, Zhen”

Part 4, Chapter 8

Part 4, Chapter 8 Summary: “Bones and Plastic Packaging, Martha”

Part 4, Chapter 9

Part 4, Chapter 9 Summary: “The War of All Against All, Zhen”

Part 4, Chapter 10

Part 4, Chapter 10 Summary: “An Invisible Tipping Point, Zhen”

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