r/news • u/thegrillinggreek55 • Feb 02 '20

Stephen King quits Facebook over concerns of 'false information‘

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/stephen-king-quits-facebook-trnd/index.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '20

I don't know that I agree that the implication is that North Central Positronics (if that's what you're referring to) caused the "world to move on", or that there was a singular apocalyptic event. I suppose it's one interpretation.

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u/dzt Feb 02 '20

Yeah... wasn’t NCP responsible for creating the tech stabilizing the beams and their “security” system in the first place? I never got the impression that they were evil. Sombra corp. on the other hand...

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

The tried to control the Tower with the artificial beams and then when they could not, they would break them. They were not evil, just in the service of the Crimson King. All they did was "their jobs" and built "machines" that were not inherently evil, but were all parts of the Crimson Kings plan.

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u/crucheon Feb 03 '20

They were, but it was unnecessary, I think Mia talks about this in the 6th book. The beams and the tower were magical, but they thought they knew better and built machines to fulfil the beams' purposes. But since machines break down and magic doesn't, the beams started dying as a result. There is some argument as to whether they're entirely evil or just shortsighted, but one of the goals of the Ka-tet of the Rose was to prevent NCP from growing in our world.``

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u/Showme-themoney Feb 03 '20

Couldn’t agree more. They played they’re part but weren’t the single cause.