The Game

The games people play against each other have gotten far more complicated. It used to be simple, hit them over the head with a stick first, you win.

Then came power that didn't derive from mere strength. Suddenly you had to plan for food, and shelter, and gods.

Then came money, and everything became even more complicated, with stakes suddenly a lot higher, and failures worse than death.

Since then, the game hasn't become more complex, it's just more people playing, against more opponents, across the world.

But in the end, one rule stays true.

A bigger stick is better.