@owenbroadcast I've heard someone make the argument that Mary Poppins is the Golden shadow version of the creature from Stephen King's "IT" simply feeding off the positive energy instead of the negative.
@ChivalryGuild George RR Martin is a surprisingly deep writer on the virtues. I think a lot of people overlook this because of the aesthetic of hedonism the show took on itself. This is not only absent from the books but clearly opposed by the virtues. Highly recommend reading Egg's book.
@firstkaransingh@_benjaminparry You were dealt a random set of genetic cards and epigenetic distributions. Also the entirety of your life as you've lived it so far is locked in temporally. Your time should be spent on the variables you can still effect. It is astounding what still can be accomplished.
@jgreenhall "Ah, they're dancing in the street it's jubilee
We sold ourselves for love but now we're free
I'm so sorry for that ghost I made you be
Only one of us was real and that was me"
Leonard Cohen
@zeynebnkaya No tech background: We are making simulacrum of ourselves. Just like in the stories hidden parts of our reflection unknown to our conscious mind that are creeping into the picture. It'll be incredible in its ramifications but the hidden things will flower spectacularly too.
@alienemissary_ Necessary context missing but a rough generalization: "Power to invert the normal hierarchy is to be found outside of known territory but will come at a great cost." Whether that power is external or internal and what to you know or unknown territory means is context dependent.