Escapism
Names: Escapismescape fundHuman Escape PlanEscapist movementEarly EscapismTime Escapism
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
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B2
B3
What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2Escapism holds that defending Earth is futile and a portion of humanity should flee into space via New World, Starship Civilization, or Temporary Refuge.
- Ch 2A fund reportedly letting paying people secure places to flee Earth; Miao traced it to Shi Xiaoming, whose father is a PDC security official.
- Ch 2The escape fund is in a preliminary phase with few internal salespeople; Shi claims its price will soar once it opens to the public.
- Ch 8After the combined fleet's destruction Escapism revived; the public turned against it as a crime against humanity, and mobs tried to stop all launches.
- Ch 8Escapism grew more repugnant to the public as the droplets approached, so the Internationals would not fund the Snow Project.
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 5An early-stage movement at the start of the Crisis, then seen as a valid choice, that made other stars with planets valuable.
- Ch 8Historians later called the pre-Crisis problem of people fleeing into the future by hibernation Early Escapism or Time Escapism, akin to post-Crisis Escapism.
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Three old men discuss bank panic and Escapism
Miao, Zhang and Yang discuss frozen accounts and a news report on Escapism and the failed socialized technology movement; Miao reveals the escape fund and says he will pay for his descendants.