Today, for #BetterWorldsTheory, we start a week of reflecting on more expansive (and messy) notions of society with a look at Sid Meier's Civilization, and a common myth of history that's embedded in series game-play.
Can we shake off such linear thinking now, and look at our history of knowledge acquisition more creatively?
#MediaLiteracy #History #Historiography #Gaming
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/common-myths-about-human-history
(And here, yes, with you folks, I feel safe to say what I was thinking when writing about "Liberty Cones" - a.k.a. Giant Dildos of Justice. 😅 Oh, ancient Mesopotamia had some good laughs, I'm sure.)
