The number one reason that I have yet not built a superweapon that would let me conquer the world is the fact that instead of having any kind of ready-made parts to assemble into the tool of ultimate destruction (or ultimate construction, as the case may be) I have to pick up stray objects and fashion them into parts.
They don’t fit together very well and fall apart at every opportunity. And I don’t have the right tools.
And I’ve no idea what to do when it actually fires and blows up in my hands.
What’s more annoying is that I have so little to stand on. All I have is a few ideas on sociometric network analysis and the concept of archetypal social structures, and lots of absurd, unclear evidence backed up mostly by conversation logs and intuition. This has been suggested before. But I don’t think anything as insane as what I stumble onto every other month has ever been described in mythology. You’re welcome to beat me up with a copy of Popper’s book if you prove me wrong. You can even use Berne’s books.
Seven basic plots in life and nine in literature? I think we’re walking around a 10th.
Today’s million dollar question is: Just how quickly does life begin to imitate art? Is it possible for life to start imitating art before the object of art is complete and public? And are we sure we don’t have someone specific to blame for this?
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Why would you want to conquer or destory the world in the first place? How about trying to use sociology to develop a true system of understanding between man and woman, adult and child? If I had amazing powers I’d much prefer that.
After blowing up the world, as you pointed out, one needs something to replace the status quo. If you got people to think instead of just act and react, and to feel… they might even start to come up with great ideas that you yourself had never thought of.
Being able to delegate is the key, I think :smile:
One thing people like even less than reading and listening to others is thinking. (!) This is why having a saishuu heiki is a must.
Developing a true sustem for perfect understanding of people would either conquer or destroy the world, don’t you understand? :) Most likely, it would do both at the same time, even, destroy the world as we knew it and conquer it for the ones who can wield it. Because the world as we know it is based on misunderstanding, it is standing on the little lies that we use each day. Perfect knowledge would destroy it. Perfect knowledge would be the ultimate power.
Perfect knowledge is impossible, but I’m close to a kind of imperfect knowledge that might, if I’m lucky, save me. But if it does, it will become power.
There’s a lot of wacky connotations. :)
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