>>30932914Ahem. Let me reiterate, with renewed vigor, why blowing up PPP is a bad thing.
PPP represents the last bastion of untrammelled creation, the symbol of (wo)man grasping the rules of the world as revealed to her and enforcing her raw will upon them, as bound by her limited intellect as it is, instead of being entrapped by the few paths that have been blazed by her predecessors and never straying beyond them.
To destroy PPP is to succumb completely to the enframing tendency of technology, "Gestell", as cited by Heidegger - an orientation to the world that views everything as raw material or 'standing-reserve', a means to an end. A wood farm makes wood, which can be burnt to make iron, which can be used to build railway tracks, which can be used to move resources, such as wood, which can be burnt to make iron...everything is seen as a means to an end, but there is no end. The end is the means is the end.
The repeated consensus dismissal of PPP, to be blamed in large part as well on the audience, is a key, no, overwhelming factor that has led to the acceptance of this worldview, which has had long-lasting, rippling effects on all the holos. Nothing is built if there is something more efficient that will accomplish the same goal; instead, it is seen as a waste of resources. This worldview also causes them to place little value on aesthetic structures, for they provide no resources either; they are viewed as useless. This has led to paralysis and stagnancy on the server; no one will build anything because it is not "worth it". Even a much-needed shot-in-the-arm like Moona's introduction of piston technology to the server has failed to shake this ennui.
Likely while being completely unaware of the true significance of what she is defending, with only her gut feeling to go on, Kiara is preventing the Borgview from completely taking over EN. As long as PPP remains, the girls will at least have a reminder that there is value in building from first principles, there is individuality, and that there is more than simple efficiency to Minecraft. In giving up the pursuit of purpose, they may all find the purpose within themselves that they have always been looking for.
