This article contains3 Body Problemspoilers.
How do we keep secrets from an adversary who sees everything, who is watching us right now?
asks the UN Secretary General in the3 Body Problemseason 1 finale.
She then answers her own question: Humanity still has secrets.
The sophons have vast power, but they are not all-powerful.
They cannot read our minds.
This is the basis of what we call the Wallfacer project.
We shall call them Wallfacers after the ancient Buddhist name for meditators.
These Wallfacers will be granted great authority, allowing them to exploit all our resources.
It almost sounds as though a Wallfacers plan must go beyond mere secrecy.
Maybe even have several lines of inquiry leading nowhere as a misdirect.
Likewise, Professor Leyla Aric fought ISIS and knows all about fighting asymmetric battles.
But what does Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo) bring to the table?
His importance is based solely on the knowledge that the San-Ti want him dead.
Playing their cards close to their chest isnt in their DNA.
Its a puzzle to us all!
After all, Saul the cynic lives only for the moment.
Why should I get bent out of shape about what the world might look like 400 years from now?
I have no control over it, he tells his one night stand.
Im not going to have kids.
The family line ends with me, so I guess I dont worry about the far future that much…
Eventually, humanity will die out, and then we dont even have to worry about these aliens.
Thats how these things work!
Lets hope3 Body Problemgets a season 2 so that we can see these plans come to fruition.
All eight episodes of 3 Body Problem are available to stream on Netflix now.
