Salik

Salik is a blue-collar type of man, but has obviously taken some time to think about life. He is a mystic.

Free Time Theory

He has come up with something he calls "Free Time Theory." The basis of Free Time Theory is that as an organism acquires more "free time," individuals who spend this free time contemplating and being creative and acting on their original thoughts are given selective advantage. Free time is defined here as time not spent foraging for food, seeking shelter, or avoiding predators. It is an iterative pattern, since generally as the creativity leads to new inventions, these innovations free up more time.

Free time theory is best described by examples. As humans domesticated animals, free time was generated because there was less time spent hunting for food. In this way, as technology increases, more free time is generated, and it leads to an exponential growth. First-world cultures had exponential diversification and expansion, but Salik is still confused by the paradox of the final crash that occurred in the form of the Great War.

Salik goes further and contemplates things such as if zoo animals or animals in captivity were more intelligent then their wild counterparts.

A character learning about Free Time Theory from Salik will gain intelligence.