Someone who does a thing has time, and someone who has time does a thing. And the one who takes some extra is powerful. If having more time always comes with more power, there must be an exception where having more time secures extinction. This happens gradually, then suddenly, as the host securing the succession will fight for power—full power. Fighting for more time, even though this nightmare comes along. ...
How can a doctor, who has an interest in keeping me sick, help me fight disease? They can certainly make me suffer and perhaps even kill me with all sorts of biological enemies. Such a doctor does everything except build resistance against biohazards. That’s why time pushes them forward to actually create one by censoring information. Imagine a highly virulent virus is taken up by that doctor or their followers. The doctor uses vaccines to protect themselves and their followers against that virus and a family of similar viruses. The virus replicates and spreads until it reaches the doctor’s business, where it must mutate to progress. And a variant does. The doctor’s business becomes a host, creating a resident evil, as the virus has no path forward unless it adapts to the resistance developed by the doctor—otherwise, no survival! This virus doesn’t only evolve from its ancestor; it also propels the doctor’s business forward. ...