From b68908ddf761b82df83e229631e17e6154293f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:35:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/toledot/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md index f3ea73cf..1a927031 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The secession of the system and launch of the extra-solar system. * PAYOFF: a signal from a similar ship via Dreamer Module. Obviously no course change, so communication is brief and then slow, but hey, confirmation. The real reason they left is that they will eventually die when they hit a star or whatever, and this tickles Dear. * Offline * Douglas struggles with being a hermit/launch tech/coordinator but also wanting to talk with Michelle - basically his whole POV is the tech aspect of the launch, while also providing history of life outside since secession - * ~de and its collective struggle to get anyone to even want to prevent the launch, but humanity has mostly turned inward and lost interest in exploration, now super conservative, as life is pretty damn hellish outside their heads, leaning heavily on escapism. Uploading is seen as just sort of the thing you do when you get tired enough, if you don't die first, etc. Jealous because upload and lose connection to earth, or remain on earth and never do anything interesting, strange desire to keep the species on the same path. Boils down to fatalism, and its story is learning why that is.~ + * ~~de and its collective struggle to get anyone to even want to prevent the launch, but humanity has mostly turned inward and lost interest in exploration, now super conservative, as life is pretty damn hellish outside their heads, leaning heavily on escapism. Uploading is seen as just sort of the thing you do when you get tired enough, if you don't die first, etc. Jealous because upload and lose connection to earth, or remain on earth and never do anything interesting, strange desire to keep the species on the same path. Boils down to fatalism, and its story is learning why that is.~~ * Kind of wondering if de should just be told through Douglas. Already a lot of characters. * PAYOFF: tied with May Then My Name's histories, a renewed sense of adventure outside of the mind From d0e06d0b6a875ddf631bd30dfa20578848807930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:40:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/toledot/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md index 1a927031..64a8e604 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The secession of the system and launch of the extra-solar system. * PAYOFF: a signal from a similar ship via Dreamer Module. Obviously no course change, so communication is brief and then slow, but hey, confirmation. The real reason they left is that they will eventually die when they hit a star or whatever, and this tickles Dear. * Offline * Douglas struggles with being a hermit/launch tech/coordinator but also wanting to talk with Michelle - basically his whole POV is the tech aspect of the launch, while also providing history of life outside since secession - * ~~de and its collective struggle to get anyone to even want to prevent the launch, but humanity has mostly turned inward and lost interest in exploration, now super conservative, as life is pretty damn hellish outside their heads, leaning heavily on escapism. Uploading is seen as just sort of the thing you do when you get tired enough, if you don't die first, etc. Jealous because upload and lose connection to earth, or remain on earth and never do anything interesting, strange desire to keep the species on the same path. Boils down to fatalism, and its story is learning why that is.~~ + * ~~~de and its collective struggle to get anyone to even want to prevent the launch, but humanity has mostly turned inward and lost interest in exploration, now super conservative, as life is pretty damn hellish outside their heads, leaning heavily on escapism. Uploading is seen as just sort of the thing you do when you get tired enough, if you don't die first, etc. Jealous because upload and lose connection to earth, or remain on earth and never do anything interesting, strange desire to keep the species on the same path. Boils down to fatalism, and its story is learning why that is.~~~ * Kind of wondering if de should just be told through Douglas. Already a lot of characters. * PAYOFF: tied with May Then My Name's histories, a renewed sense of adventure outside of the mind