Lights Out
Sleep, Sugar, and Survival
Chapter One
WE WANT TO BELIEVE: The Church of False Gods
At sometime in the past, scientists discovered that time flows more slowly
the farther from the center of the earth. The effect is minuscule, but it
can be measured with extremely sensitive instruments. Once the phenomenon was
known, a few people, anxious to stay young, moved to the mountains.
Now all houses are built on Dom, the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, and other high
ground. It is impossible to sell living quarters elsewhere...To get the
maximum effect, they have constructed their houses on stilts...People eager
to live the longest have built their houses on the highest stilts...They
celebrate their youth and walk around naked on their balconies...
In time, people have forgotten the reason that higher is better.
Nonetheless, they continue to teach their children to shun other children
from lower elevations. They have even convinced themselves that the ... read full excerpt from Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival ebook
