Evan Prodromou4d ago

Are games important?

#EvanPoll #poll #games

Yes
77.2%
Yes, but...
12.6%
No, but...
4.5%
No
5.6%
Poll ended at .
Show threadComfortably Numb4d ago
@evan "Is art important?" yes
Show threadEvan Prodromou4d ago
@numb_comfortably is it?
Show threadSamwise -> Hard Difficulty4d ago
@evan @numb_comfortably Isn't it?
Show threadBenjamin Kwiecień 🇵🇸4d ago
@wizardponderingorb @evan @numb_comfortably without art life is MEANINGLESS
Show threadEvan Prodromou3d ago
@ben @wizardponderingorb @numb_comfortably I find a lot of other things in life meaningful.
Show threadBenjamin Kwiecień 🇵🇸3d ago
@evan @wizardponderingorb @numb_comfortably like coffee ☕
Show threadEvan Prodromou3d ago

@ben @wizardponderingorb @numb_comfortably for example!

I don't want to knock art, but I think we can engage with other people, with ideas, and with the natural world in ways that are purposeful and fulfilling which are hard to call "art".

Show threadSamwise -> Hard Difficulty

@evan @ben @numb_comfortably Art has been vital to the human experience to express abstract concepts that limited languages struggle with.

So I disagree. History has shown art is intrinsic to the human experience for as long as we have creativity, outside-the-box thinking, and emotional resonance with symbols, images, and sounds.

To imagine a world where humans get on without it is a history erasing fantasy and no more than a thought exercise.

Mar 25 at 2:28pmWeb
Show threadmillennial fulcrum1d ago
@wizardponderingorb I see no counterpoint to that.