It isn't that the individual does not matter. Mortals often simply lack the foresight to see how such a thing could work-- they think it boring. That they would feel stifled. In practice for us, it is the opposite, and much more is accomplished than would be possible otherwise; in the sharing of knowledge, concepts may be given life that the one who thought of them could not produce alone. It is not seen as a burden to share, for in so doing, all benefit, including oneself... and individual talents are ever necessary to foster new research, new creation, to prevent stagnation.
[he has Opinions about this. maybe he's heard already that it sounds like a boring sort of world.]
[He listens. Of course, he and an immortal think differently, and Emet-Selch isn't even human, besides that. In a way, he can understand it, actually, and he speaks up with a grin.]
...You know, when you explain it like that...I now know what you mean. Communities of monks or nuns work the same way. Devoted to one purpose, one goal. You have faith in yourselves as a whole.
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[he has Opinions about this. maybe he's heard already that it sounds like a boring sort of world.]
But yes. I still hold my seat upon it.
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...You know, when you explain it like that...I now know what you mean. Communities of monks or nuns work the same way. Devoted to one purpose, one goal. You have faith in yourselves as a whole.
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[they are more than monks, thank you very much, but. at least it's some level of understanding.]