A Quote from The Talos Principle 2
Against Decay
We live in a decaying system, which in turn produces ideologies of decay to justify its existence.
No matter what cultural signifiers they get packaged with, these ideologies come down to the same material result: a future in which for the average person there is less of everything. To paraphrase Mark Fisher, we find it easier to imagine the decline of civilization than to imagine a civilization worth living in.
More quotes from The Talos Principle 2
God appears, and God is light,
to those poor souls who well in night,
but does a human form display,
to those who dwell in realms of day.
The honest philosopher is rewarded with poison; the hypocrite is rewarded with power.
Ther is no tool that is not also a weapon; and no human that would wield it as one.
The beauty of the universe and the beauty of what we can accomplish within it are two related but separate things, and the separation matters.
Is it possible that on some level, people want to believe that everything's going to get worse? That it's comforting to think that humanity is bad and every solution will just go wrong? Because that way, you're never responsible. You never have to take on responsibility for anything outside yourself and never have to grow up.
