a matryoshka of possibilities
This kind of story sits deeper than any piece of literature or propaganda, deeper than our epic myths or religious texts. It operates at the level of world-shaping that Donella Meadows, one of the pioneers of systems thinking, articulated as the paradigm, which she described as: ‘The shared idea in the minds of society, the great big unstated assum
... See moreBrian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Imagine creating infinite games as an act of agency. And imagine how the art of creating infinite games might open a way to an even greater art: the art of choosing better futures, thus expressively steering the medium of spacetime and sculpting our agency in it.
Ian Cheng • Emissary's Guide To Worlding
The more complex or valuable is whatever you’re trying to sell, the more important it is for you to build a world around that idea, where other people can walk in, explore, and hang out – without you having to be there with them the whole time. You need to build a world so rich and captivating that others will want to spend time in it, even if you’... See more