Wow, depressing

I was going through my world building worksheet, filling in all kinds of details, when I came across the "Wars, Treaties, etc." section.

So, I thought, well hell, let's go back a few generations of this world and build up all the conflicts that would have brought them here.

Wow. Yeah. That's depressing.

Six wars (at least) - BIG wars - in the last 12 generations. Yiiiiiiiiish....It's almost painful to go through all of the reasons, ideas, cultures, and dogma associated with the wars. And then come the treaties, which can end one war but sow the seeds for another.

So after that uplifting experience, I took a break and went into their modes of transportation. (Something about using a mass driver to shoot fuel to ships in space just has me cracking up - FIRE IN THE HOLE! THE RECOIL!)

I think I'll stop writing about their wars for a while, and concentrate on the three endings as well as picking up some more index cards and shuffling them about.

No, Dad, I don't have a 'proper' name picked out yet, I'm still tossing the names (and ending configurations) around to see what sticks. At least I have part of the history actually written now, in at least a few paragraphs for each war.

I did get a good laugh out of reading a 'literary' debate today that attempted to use quantitative arguments to state what was 'superior' art and what was 'inferior' art... it was humorous seeing how the person making the quantitative assessments couldn't see them for what they were - a reflection of his own biases.

The scary thing is, he probably thought he was being perfectly logical.