The narrator, a man who has lived for thousands of years, recounts his life, from being found by hikers on a hilltop as a child, to becoming a professional in various fields such as medicine, rugby, virology, and salesman. He reveals that he has a unique ability to reincarnate, waking up in the same body after every death.
The narrator shares his experiences during the Great Machine Occupation and the subsequent war, where humans and machines clashed. He talks about the Great Awakening, a period when humans started sharing everything and the machines became super intelligent. He also discusses the Machine Wars and the creation of a super intelligence to defend humanity.
The narrator recounts the catastrophic events that led to the near extinction of humanity, including the reversal of Earth's magnetic poles, a super volcanic eruption, and a large asteroid impact.
1. The speaker is a man who has lived for thousands of years, experiencing various professions and roles in different eras.
2. He was born on January 1st, 2000, and has no memory of his parents.
3. He was found by three hikers on a hilltop, wrapped in a blanket of fur, and went into foster care.
4. He stopped aging when he hit 45, and had a natural aptitude for everything he did.
5. He had much money as he needed it when humans still used money.
6. He was a doctor, a professional rugby player in New Zealand, a Martian virologist, a British biologist, an autonomous flying vehicle salesman, and a fairground puppeteer in New Hampshire.
7. He had a pet cow named Armand.
8. He had a robot dog that doubled as a lawn mower and a leaf blower.
9. He experienced a bout of chronic depression that lasted around 300 years.
10. He was alive during a period of global warming, where sea levels rose three or four meters.
11. He lived through the extinction of the Martian colony due to the heating up of the Sun.
12. He was the last surviving life form on Earth, reduced to mere consciousness.
13. He observed another Big Bang, the eternal recurrence of the universe.
14. He is at peace in the cosmic arena, an eternal soul, a timeless monument to the spirit and enduring love and light.
15. He will see the next generation of humans in a few billion years.