Elizabeth Bear: "Akhir dunia seharusnya bertahap. Seharusnya ada perin...

"Akhir dunia seharusnya bertahap. Seharusnya ada peringatan. Slide yang panjang dan lambat. Apa yang kami dapatkan adalah keseimbangan bersela: goyangan megah, lalu titik kritis yang tiba-tiba. Ada banyak peringatan, kurasa. Kami hanya tidak memperhatikan."

--- Elizabeth Bear

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention.