Nostalgia for the Present is a series of 30 flash speculative fiction pieces responding to the present from the lens of the future Dan watched on the screen as two rovers maneuvered the first beam of the 67th sengu into position. There was solemn silence in the room and no sound from the screen, making the whole act feel unreal. This must be what all those software engineers have been feeling for the last 50 years. He felt some sympathy and 15% less contempt for them. He half expected his father to comment about how this was not how the 66th sengu was done or the 65 other sengus before that, but it seemed like he was in awe or perhaps trying to figure out how he felt about what he was watching unfold. Two unmanned rovers on the surface of an alien planet that looked like it may just be part of a desert in Arizona, putting in place one of thirty beams that would hold up the Naiku shrine. This moment was 20 years in the making.
#4 The Shrine of Ise Jingu
#4 The Shrine of Ise Jingu
#4 The Shrine of Ise Jingu
Nostalgia for the Present is a series of 30 flash speculative fiction pieces responding to the present from the lens of the future Dan watched on the screen as two rovers maneuvered the first beam of the 67th sengu into position. There was solemn silence in the room and no sound from the screen, making the whole act feel unreal. This must be what all those software engineers have been feeling for the last 50 years. He felt some sympathy and 15% less contempt for them. He half expected his father to comment about how this was not how the 66th sengu was done or the 65 other sengus before that, but it seemed like he was in awe or perhaps trying to figure out how he felt about what he was watching unfold. Two unmanned rovers on the surface of an alien planet that looked like it may just be part of a desert in Arizona, putting in place one of thirty beams that would hold up the Naiku shrine. This moment was 20 years in the making.