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[Hide] (152.2KB, 1080x1319) Reverse Since we have had the internet, the amount of ideas explored and shared in every media has become unlimited; video games, simulation, exploratory speculative writing, every possible idea has been tried at least once. The exploration phase of the thought experiment seems to have been completed. Every slider has been min/maxed, every checkbox has been (un)ticked, every level of meta has been addressed.
Whatever fetish, sandbox, storyline you desire, has been achieved or at least outlined. There's always a mod for it, whatever it is. ChatGPT and other LLMs can easily fill in the blanks with a simple prompt, and generate recursively on demand (slop but it can). Nonhuman, noncorporeal ideas have been explored. Extremes of the physical and virtual worlds have been examined. The "warp" or the idea of the potentiality of all possible thought, has not just been touched, but more or less mapped. Even if it's not detailed, there's at least a rough idea that such things can exist and a lack of surprise is the prevailing condition. What is the definitive last word on shitting dick nipples? Has rule 34 been philosophically completed?
I'm looking for three things. One, a succinct term for the completed thought experiment. I am of the opinion that speculative/science/fantasy fiction authors have already coined a term or phrase which is completely serviceable but it escapes me.
Second, what Anons would think of "definitive" areas of the thought experiment that could more or less reflect a particular region, like an epitome of a genre. A STC template, if you will, for a particular archetype. Just like there are archetypes for characters, so there are for genres. What would be considered archetypal and should be included in a well rounded education?
Third, where do we go from here? Do we simply compile a list of what's possible? Do we refine existing archetypes into more accessible versions like remasters and remakes, do we create from whole cloth and distill each archetype to its essence (I am against this last option, I believe it makes for unbelievably boring and dull archetypes). Would you entirely disregard "linear programming" such as television, film, books for interactive storytelling? Are there particular genres which must be tied to particular mediums? I've often thought of a website with a tree-like structure that would provide access to the different audio/visual mediums to provide accessibility and insight. Is it more of an amorphous tag cloud? What does the future of thought look like to you?