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What could be, or what is
- Thread starter Minnow
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Superbird
Fire emblem is great
That'd probably be "what could be". "What could be" really presents an attitude of inventiveness, and a desire to create things, whereas "what is" feels like a way to just pass on a boring desk job, to live for what's there instead of what could be there, to live in the past instead of the future.
...And I personally think that the future holds more than the past for us. With the power of what could be, you're living life. Otherwise, it's just bland repetition, and nobody wants that. Amirite?
...And I personally think that the future holds more than the past for us. With the power of what could be, you're living life. Otherwise, it's just bland repetition, and nobody wants that. Amirite?
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Wow, you sure are unimaginative...
Superbird
Fire emblem is great
Maybe I'm stupid or maybe I was just high when I wrote that post, but o rly?
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Eloi
Member
What do you mean what is?
The world you were talking about doesn't exist anymore.
Its the world of 19 minutes later.
I like the world of 19 minutes later because the world of 19 minutes later is better than the world you were talking about, and the world of 20 minutes later will be better still.
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
If you want to get really technical about it, there is no such thing as the present. Doesn't invalidate my point-- the world, in the moment I am posting right now, is plenty big. So big, in fact, that you wouldn't be able to experience everything that's happened in the past in one lifetime, nor ten lifetimes, nor a hundred, nor even a thousand-- the world of the past is huge, not to mention incredibly interesting.
Eloi
Member
Yes it does, as I am arguing for the future, and you thus arguing for the past if the present doesn't exist.
Its just huge and interesting, not say, "nice to life in" or "full of good people", for instance.
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Eloi
Member
Pick any year in the past, and it will have less inventions and ideas than the present/near-future.
Most inventions and ideas are positive and benefit humanity overall, by comparing whole centuries.
Ergo, this trend will continue, and the future will always be better than the past.
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Eloi
Member
You already live in the world like that, but I can't wait to live in a world that has found solutions to those problems, which isn't now!
Minnow
If you're gonna dig, dig to the heavens!
Because I will make it better.
I don't want to limit anyone's options.
Valerunner
Probably shouldn't be here.
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Coroxn
An extremely equivalent exchange.
That's a pretty bland, over-general statement. You're pretty much debunking all of fiction, 90% of music and all non-documentary films as unimportant. And I couldn't disagree more. Us humans aren't a 'what is' kind of people. Even grounded, productive people take 'what could be' and apply it to 'what is', to make something that wasn't either, but entirely new. We are a imaginative, creative species, and that is as, or even more, important as reality.