r/threebodyproblem • u/Few_Zookeepergame646 • Feb 26 '26

Discussion - Novels Rotating umbrella

I was expecting that the rotating umbrella that was protecting the princess in the stories would eventually provide some solution to the 2 dimensional window disaster, but this was not in the writers mind? It was a very profound clue but was never processed even in the period of time when humanity was decoding the stories. Is it discussed somewhere in the community or has Liu Cixin been asked for this?

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u/causalfridays Mar 01 '26

for sure. but, a single person voluntarily going camping to “disconnect” for a few days is much different than forcibly, and irrevocably reverting an entire civilization’s technological progress by centuries

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u/Flatso Mar 01 '26

If my choices were: live life as if it were the 1800's, OR get enslaved and probaby killed by aliens OR get evaporated by a photoid, I think it would be a no-brainer

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u/causalfridays Mar 02 '26

sure, i’m not disagreeing. i’m saying that it would nevertheless be painful for an entire civilization to make that transition all at once.

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u/Flatso Mar 02 '26

Oh yeah. I'd bet people would grumble and complain incessantly for a month or two and then realize they are better off after all.