Seattle and Beyond--Art & Culture

   Chapter 1: Where We flash Back to the Beginning of Time.  ​ Once, maybe twice, perhaps even a near infinitude of onces upon a time, there was a group of apes trapped in a holographic projection of a multi-millennia-long game of Sid Meyer's “Civilization.” The rules of this game have always been relatively simple—stay alive long enough to procreate, try to come up with something/anything that will advance your tribe and don't let the vandals destroy everything you've built up.    Don't get annihilated by a giant asteroid like the dinosaurs, don't fall into the ocean like the Atlanteans, don't fuck yourself out of existence like the Neanderthals and by any and all means don't end up as slaves to the fascists in the very matrix you are living in, filled with its undercover agents in business suits and sunglasses—preparing you for a very short and brutal existence—all without single-payer healthcare.    And definitely don’t allow yourself to die when hu...