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Babble and Prune

Feb 22, 2018 by alkjash

How do babies learn language? How did Moses compute the ten Commandments? How did Shakespeare write Hamlet?

Babble and Prune is an ancient mythological story, a psychological model, a new religion for a post-religion age, that answers all these questions and more.

Two Gods - Babble and Prune, Artist and Critic, Generator and Discriminator - are locked in eternal conflict over your mind. Babble creates a constant stream of coarse material, while Prune cuts these ideas harshly without the slightest hint of remorse. Only you, chosen hero, can restore the balance between these two ancient deities, and in doing so maximize your creative output.

It is time to reclaim your birthright, hero: go forth and babble!

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