The Great Rift Valley Incident: Part 1 - First Contact
A natural history documentary in four parts
Opening Narration
The camera pans across the vast African savanna. The sun rises over ancient cliffs. A small ant navigates a blade of grass in extreme close-up. The voice is measured, wise, impossibly British.
"The Great Rift Valley, approximately two million years ago. Dawn breaks over one of the most significant locations in human evolutionary history. Here, our ancestors developed the fundamental skills that would carry our species forward: tool use, social cooperation, the careful observation of patterns in nature."
The ant pauses, antennae twitching.
"And here, on this particular morning, all of that is about to be threatened by the single most destructive force in the world: a management consultant with a PowerPoint presentation."
The ant's antennae droop slightly.
"Nature can be cruel."