earlyfor.blogg.se

well, I can't help but feel that choosing that ending, hoping you will know better, is either somewhat naive or just arrogant. The notion that you in this case, just you who has been deceived too all this time should to be the one who can lead all of humanity into a better age, simply by virtue of knowing of the high ones, but hardly equipped to build a whole society anew on redifinded value systems and flaws that so often naturally arouse thousands of times before. To which also come the numerous instances where we already see strong people, leaders and wise men fall prey to their faults and misconcetpions, grow tired or crushed under the weight of time.

The game has shown doubts towards both ways of society "moving past" the problems caused by the base human nature/the high ones, like the inability of mere individuals, even with godlike powers, to hold their position and assert themselves over people for prolonged amounts of time, or communities like the Starlings, built on different sets of values apparently still being unable to sustain themselves indefinitely. I feel both ultimately carry the same, uncertain hopefulness.