Daunting Decisions (Beyond the Collapse Book 2) by Kip Nelson

Author:Kip Nelson [Nelson, Kip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The journey to the hospital was a little longer than Adam had anticipated and there were times when the group had to rest their weary muscles. Adam was glad for these breaks. Even though he had been living in this world for months now he still wasn't in ideal physical condition. Diana, on the other hand, seemed to be at the peak of her powers and wasn't fatigued at all, but they all were glad for the rest. They found a building and made sure it was clear of danger before they went in and sat down in an abandoned apartment. Annabelle swung her leg on the chairs. Adam looked around at the place. Like so many other apartments and homes in the city it had been left empty as people had sought salvation elsewhere. Without electricity places like these were basically death traps. Although they offered shelter there was no running water and no food. Even though many people would have wanted to cling to their homes because of a fundamental need to feel safe, there was nothing left for them there. Adam strolled around and saw pictures of a family. He couldn't help but wonder if they still were out there.

“I wonder how many people are actually still living out there,” he asked aloud. Diana walked over to him.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, there were so many people living in the city, and living in the world, really. I wonder how many of them are like us and have managed to find a way through it all? I wonder if there are more communities like Lisa's around the city?”

“I'm sure there are. Humans naturally congregate around each other. It's a basic part of our makeup that we work together in groups and help each other out.”

“I'm not sure about that given how the world turned out. It seemed like everyone only ever was out for themselves.”

“I think that was a product of our society more than anything else. You see, it's quite fascinating, really, because we used to be hunter-gatherers and human tribes put co-operation before anything else, and shared practically everything.”

Adam scoffed at this, so Diana continued. “No, it's true, really. I mean, think about it. Say that you and I were hunters and we go out one day and you get a lot of food, but I get nothing. We come back, and now you have two options. Either you can keep your food to yourself or you share it with me. If you keep it to yourself, you won't be able to eat all of it and it will spoil, and then if then go out hunting the next day and don't find anything, you'll go hungry. Whereas if you shared it with me, then the next time you don't find any food I'll be inclined to share my food with you. That's how we grew and learned to work together. It's only when we moved to an agricultural society that the acquisition of property and material wealth became the driving force.

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