

How did the society where the story of Shin Sekai Yori takes place come to be?
i.e. How did Saki's Society came to existence from the societies of the Dark
age?

I am curious about how Saki's society came to be because, in her society,
there is knowledge about science (implied from their knowledge about genes).
However, part of it is also mixed with aspects of less modern societies, which
makes me want to know how these different aspects came about, from previous
societies during the Dark age.

Furthermore, there are these "creatures" called false Minoshiro which seem to
be some kind of very advanced bio-technology, which suggest very advanced
technology (but their society doesn't really live that way). With these
different aspects of ancient Japanese societies and much newer societies, how
did Saki's society came to existence? Why does it have this mix of modern
technology and more ancient aspects? What happened to the previous Dynasties
during the dark age? Did they combine/converge to form the modern society
which Saki lives at? From which dynasty from the Dark age did they come from
and what do we know that explains their present society?

As a refresher, here are some of the dynasties from the dark age:

  * 1st, Slave Dynasties, Where PK users controlled those without PK capabilities.

  * 2nd, non-PK users who escaped the Dynasties and lived as hunter-gatherers.

  * 3rd, Bandits who used PK to attack other settlements. 

  * 4th, a group of those who managed to preserve some remnants of the technological age.


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How did the society where the story of Shin Sekai Yori takes place come to be?


It's actually explained a bit at one point, though I can't remember the
episode exactly.

Essentially, humanity got really violent and started destroying each other,
probably via nuclear warfare or maybe previous people with supernatural
powers. Shin Sekai Yori takes place on one of the remaining human colonies,
where the elders are the only ones that know of the leftover science,
knowledge from the previous era.

This explains why they're super paranoid about these kids with powers, because
they're afraid that everyone will get destroyed again.


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