Shreyas: all these different anthropological approaches are all dancing around a point that i can’t put my finger on, but it might simply be ‘there isn’t an easy way to talk about the complexity of human culture’
Jonathan: yeah, maybe that’s it; i think my point is that player-generated content is better because it can be more complex; content that fits in a book is, by necessity, simpler
Shreyas: mhm
Jonathan: therefore, i’m suspicious of it
Shreyas: that is really excellent and important to say i think; i was just saying a similar thing at jiffycon: i’m wary of packaged creativity because it makes your brain stop
Jonathan: right, and also you accept it without questioning it
Shreyas: all of us react this way even when we know it happens
Jonathan: like racial bonuses
Shreyas: and it’s just not fun
Jonathan: because it’s part of the game
Shreyas: yes