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Another thought-provoking piece, many thanks Chris.

Yes, the cut from our primitive, murderous hominid ancestors to the techno-utopia of routine interplanetary travel (in the avuncular company of Leonard Rossiter, no less) is offered as clear proof of our societal progress – a concept that I find deeply problematic. The ‘primitive ancestor’ narrative is a product of C19th religious insistence that modern humans are made in the likeness of God.

Cú Chulainn’s tragic story has many elements in common with the Epic of Gilgamesh (circa 2500BC) denoting the deep history of these cautionary tales.

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