stephen harlow, poetic tweet. all consuming with a black heart. however, zombie literature also shows max a lot of resiliency and optimistic. pop culture zukie wants to ask you a question. >> hi max it's good to talk to you. >> hi zuck. >> i guess my question is despite the fact that it's a horrifying situation that you depict in world war z it's still the aftermath of that situation. so there's a positive notion that human beings can work together and overcome these problems. i guess my question is, since you wrote the book, has your view of humanity changed either in a positive direction or a negative direction? >> no, my view is, is always positive. i believe that we have within us, in every country and every culture, the ability to overcome. i mean let's be honest. from a purely biological standpoint, we don't deserve to be at the top of the food chain. we're meant to be in the middle, running for our lives from everything else. but the truth is we have overcome that. we have overcome nature, we have overcome our own stupidity over and over ag