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
Ther is no tool that is not also a weapon; and no human that would wield it as one.
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.
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.
perhaps faith is neither choice nor submission
perhaps faith is a demand
for our pain to have meaning
for the stories of the world to rhyme
for a world designed by a loving hand
perhaps I will believe with defiance
in the forgiveness of all sins
in the kingdom of god on earth
and even
the resurrection of the dead
I will believe with clenched fists
and gritted teeth
and prayers that refuse
to be gentle
Identity has no meaning without society, and society has no meaning without the individual.
