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How the West Learned to Hate Humanity
The Roots of Green Misanthropy How the West Learned to Hate Humanity Maarten Boudry Feb 07, 2026 104 18 24 Share In Cixin Liu’s mind-bending sci-fi trilogy, Remembrance of Earth’s Past , a Chinese physicist named Ye Wenjie invites the Trisolarans, an advanced alien civilization, to conquer Earth and pass judgment on humanity. Ye is a tragic figure who has grown to disdain humanity. Traumatised by the Cultural Revolution, she initially hopes the wise extraterrestrials will deliver cosmic justice but fails to grasp (or suppresses the thought) that they intend to wipe out human civilization altog
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