Book · 2012 · Fiction
Childhood's End
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There's a great book by the great Arthur C. Clark called Childhood's End.He talks about um aliens sort of incepting the world through telepathic children.
The best things said about it
You see this by the way is the Arthur C. Clarke in his book in his short story Childhood's End or no, it's a book. ... Where, you know, that he's talking about aliens, where these aliens are engineering humanity through technology, through social media, and things like that.
It's like childhood's end have you read that book Arthur C Clark no they so how they acclimate the Human Society if I remember the book properly is they have all these motherships just hover all over the Earth and they sit there for Generations acclimating people to them.
There's a a story about aliens come to Earth and they and no one sees them. They start granting technology and then after several years they say, "Okay, now we're going to reveal ourselves to you." And they come out looking like gigantic devils with horns and wings. Childhood's End.
Why people recommend it
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke is a classic science fiction novel that examines humanity's evolution through the intervention of an enigmatic alien intelligence. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Jesse Michels recommended the book while discussing scenarios where extraterrestrial entities influence global development through telepathic children. Diana Pasulka also referenced the novel on the podcast during a conversation about aliens engineering humanity through advanced technology and modern social structures. On Timcast IRL, the host brought up Clarke's story to compare its narrative plot—where mysterious alien overlords hover over Earth for generations before revealing themselves looking like traditional depictions of horned devils—to contemporary discussions about anomalous phenomena. Additionally, George Knapp mentioned Childhood's End on The Joe Rogan Experience to illustrate how an advanced alien civilization might patiently acclimate human society to their presence by positioning massive motherships across the globe over long periods. Across these different podcast episodes, speakers utilized Clarke's imaginative work to ponder the long-term trajectory of human civilization, extraterrestrial contact, and the profound psychological shifts that would accompany humanity encountering a vastly superior cosmic intelligence.
Every mention
Jesse Michels There's a great book by the great Arthur C. Clark called Childhood's End.He talks about um aliens sort of i… 1
“There's a great book by the great Arthur C. Clark called Childhood's End.He talks about um aliens sort of incepting the world through telepathic children.”
Diana Pasulka You see this by the way is the Arthur C. Clarke in his book in his short story Childhood's End or no, it's… 1
“You see this by the way is the Arthur C. Clarke in his book in his short story Childhood's End or no, it's a book. ... Where, you know, that he's talking about aliens, where these aliens are engineering humanity through technology, through social media, and things like that.”
George Knapp it's like childhood's end have you read that book Arthur C Clark no they so how they acclimate the Human So… 1
“it's like childhood's end have you read that book Arthur C Clark no they so how they acclimate the Human Society if I remember the book properly is they have all these motherships just hover all over the Earth and they sit there for Generations acclimating people to them”
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“There's a a story about aliens come to Earth and they and no one sees them. They start granting technology and then after several years they say, "Okay, now we're going to reveal ourselves to you." And they come out looking like gigantic devils with horns and wings. Childhood's End.”
