A Quote from The Talos Principle 2
Prometheus
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.
More quotes from The Talos Principle 2
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.
I've been wondering, what made our ancestors settle in these godforsaken places? It can't have been easy with those frail, squishy bodies of theirs.
What makes a caveman go yes, this frozen hellscape is where I want to live out my days?
Ther is no tool that is not also a weapon; and no human that would wield it as one.
There's no human building that can survive without maintenance. Roots are stronger than concrete.
When you are asked, "Where is God? Who is God?" stand up and say, "I am God and here is God, not as yet completed, but still advancing towards completion, just in so much as I am working for the purpose of the universe, working for the good of the whole of society and the whole world, instead of merely looking after my personal ends."