A Quote from The Talos Principle 2
Cornelius
Straton wrote that the most common error we commit is to think that ideas determine reality, when in fact the opposite is true. Ideas follow from material conditions; belief systems are formed to explain and justify the way we live. We did not have kings because we believed in the mandate of heaven; we believed in the mandate of heaven because we lived in monarchies.
More quotes from The Talos Principle 2
The honest philosopher is rewarded with poison; the hypocrite is rewarded with power.
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.
If humankind had no more cause for war, if would make war for sport instead.
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.
Identity has no meaning without society, and society has no meaning without the individual.
