A while back, I finished a puzzle game called The Talos Principle. It is thought-provoking and heavily philosophical, and you can tell a lot of passion went into it by the sheer amount of religious, philosophical, and cultural allegories and references in the game, not to mention the ingenious puzzle design.
This excerpt from one of the in-game terminals (computers) has stuck with me:
I thought some RFers would appreciate this excerpt, so I wanted to share it here.
This excerpt from one of the in-game terminals (computers) has stuck with me:
Excerpt: The Invention of Borders, by Fatimah Nguyen
"What today's nationalists and neosegregationists fail to understand," Kwame said, "is that the basis of every human culture is, and always has been, synthesis. No civilization is authentic, monolithic, pure; the exact opposite is true. Look at your average Western nation: its numbers Arabic, its alphabet Latin, its religion Levantine, its philosophy Greek… need I continue? And each of these examples can itself be broken down further: the Romans got their alphabet from the Greeks, who created theirs by stealing from the Phoenicians, and so on. Our myths and religions, too, are syncretic - sharing, repeating and adapting a large variety of elements to suit their needs. Even the language of our creation, the DNA itself, is impure, defined by a history of amalgamation: not only between nations, but even between different human species!"
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Excerpt: The Invention of Borders, by Fatimah Nguyen "What today's nationalists and neosegregationists fail to understand," Kwame said, "is that the basis of every human culture is, and always has been, synthesis. No civilization is authentic, monolithic, pure; the exact opposite is true. Look...
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I thought some RFers would appreciate this excerpt, so I wanted to share it here.