simile-of-the-three-insects
A metaphor originally about knowledge that has been adapted over centuries to describe social and political entities, culminating in its use to define modern Hives.
1 chapter across 1 book
Too Like the Lightning (2016)Ada Palmer
This chapter explores the evolution and reinterpretation of the Simile of the Three Insects, tracing its intellectual lineage and its symbolic application to modern political and social structures known as Hives. The narrator travels to the Mitsubishi Hive capital and faces interrogation by Chief Director Hotaka Andō Mitsubishi regarding the mysterious disappearance of the Canner Device, a powerful tracking technology linked to the narrator's past. The chapter reveals the tense political atmosphere within the Hive and hints at deeper conspiracies involving forged documents and contested truths.