thread: 2006-09-08 : Ben on breaking tradition
On 2006-09-11, Christoph Boeckle wrote:
Ben, and everyone else, thanks for the fantastic read!
You said that you were also interested in other's viewpoints on the issue.
Before your post, I thought of stories as a way to cast bridges where traditions are being ripped apart at great speed.
RPGs being tools to collaboratively create stories, we can use them together to try to make sense of our constantly changing surroundings.
It's a trivial fact that technology is wrecking serious havok, not only because of the speed at which it evolves, but also because of the responsibility it puts in our hands - never has man been able to affect his environnement so far through space and time.
Traditional wisdom (sorry for the pun), hardly helps us find our bearings in this situation, yet it holds very precious insight on numerous points.
Thus my view of stories as a way to link tradition and the sansdstone-present to help us adapt our landmarks and cope with... life?
I hadn't put thought into the fact that while doing this, we are nevertheless breaking with actual tradition, which causes the pain you seem to be talking about (if Tony shed light on my understanding).
Truth be told, under other circumstances, I'd probably have sneered at this "pain" if somebody had talked about it. Now, I've changed my point of view somewhat, perhaps approaching what you said.
My question to you is: now that we know that this "hurts", are there ways to make the process more comfortable and/or safer?
Especially safer, since we could be unintentionnaly wiring our minds in destructive ways.
Or is this a situation of continuing to boldly ride into the searing light, whatever the risks of burning ourselves?
