practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any narrative influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct storyteller
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outstanding questions (a) why did old myths fail? hypotheses: i. they could no longer function in new social circumstances (tech, postindustrialization, globalization) ii. they no longer suited a population with, eg, changing demographics iii. they were murdered iv. ?
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(b) why are successor myths inadequate? hypotheses: i. there's no consensus myth --> strife, struggle for dominance ii. new pantheon(s) need time to expand, become broad enough to fill meaning needs completely iii. they're just not very good stories iv. ?
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which would you use?
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Fortunately our literate classes have found Harry Potter.
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this will make y’all laugh but exactly* this is what made me want to go into game/narrative design: make worlds that would help people see the possibilities of a bright future for, well, humanity and the planet. *spreading a vision of ELJ4A + ecological sustainability.
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a lot of the myths were never that true: "all men created equal" was a pretty ideal, but a blatant hypocrisy in a country founded by slaveowners. it's not that the myth is being destroyed, but the flaws exposed
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v excited for a myth about men being unequal to take its place
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“when will the old myths rise up and swallow the new?”
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