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25 - Forgotten City: Golden Rule, Time Loop, Underworld Justice
Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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The Forgotten City stages philosophy as play: a Golden Rule so extreme that one sin golden-statues the whole city, an underworld stacked Roman over Greek over Egyptian over Sumerian, and a time-loop confrontation with Pluto/Hades. The game pushes moral relativism; this episode praises the Socratic form while arguing we already know justice is real, and the ancient question is what justice is.
In this Mythic Mind Games initial-thoughts episode, Dr. Andrew Snyder walks Charon-Karen, civic virtue vs forced "who is to say," the hermit dialogue tree, Persephone's whispers, and why undermining absolutes cannot ground the compassion the story wants. Spoilers after a clear pause-and-play warning.
Deeper ethics follow-up: Mythic Mind Games ep. 42 (Truth, Ethics, Religion, & The Forgotten City) https://youtu.be/Er726BVgQ5M
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https://youtu.be/GSfW2U4V7Q0
The Forgotten City stages philosophy as play: a Golden Rule so extreme that one sin golden-statues the whole city, an underworld stacked Roman over Greek over Egyptian over Sumerian, and a time-loop confrontation with Pluto/Hades. The game pushes moral relativism; this episode praises the Socratic form while arguing we already know justice is real, and the ancient question is what justice is.
In this Mythic Mind Games initial-thoughts episode, Dr. Andrew Snyder walks Charon-Karen, civic virtue vs forced "who is to say," the hermit dialogue tree, Persephone's whispers, and why undermining absolutes cannot ground the compassion the story wants. Spoilers after a clear pause-and-play warning.
Deeper ethics follow-up: Mythic Mind Games ep. 42 (Truth, Ethics, Religion, & The Forgotten City) https://youtu.be/Er726BVgQ5M
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
https://mythicmindfellowship.c...
Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies
#MythicMind #MythicMindGames #ForgottenCity #GoldenRule #Underworld #TimeLoop #Philosophy #Ethics #Plato #Aristotle #Hades #Justice