gravity, unless you are redeemed through some divine intervention. You can't have winners without losers: Salvation of one person defines the damnation of another. The way to understand the seemingly abstract nature of the divine is through simple, physicalized, real-world metaphors, because everything works the same way. Follow the linear path prescribed by the games rules. There are no choices to make, or strategy to plan, just a die to roll and destiny to unfold. Winning has nothing to do with you.

This way of thinking may have worked during a simpler time, but it is failing us now. It is a world view that depends on an ending for it to work. Things may get confusing and out of hand, but if you just hang in there the apocalypse will come and you'll be rewarded. One of the most common question I'm asked about computer culture and the increasing complexity of our media is "where will