A short while back, Michael O’Sullivan wrote an article where he proposed the notion that people from previous periods in history would be perplexed by our current preoccupation with saving the planet from some future catastrophe. They would likely be more concerned about things more pressing—like freedom from tyranny and the health and prosperity of their loved ones.

Well … the yahoos at BEN Studio picked up that idea and ran with it. What follows is a quick two-parter about a time traveler who has some trouble raising a panic among medieval peasants and their philosopher king.

This is satire. Sort of.