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Just gonna add in this old keynote from Generation Analog that was the first place I presented the kernel of what would become “Home Game” chapter of the AP book.

And engaging in the "porn vs RP" debate risks the suggestion of arguable validity to an analogy so weak that it simply doesnt exist. Because sex is motivating for such largely different reasons than storytelling that we are creating more fiction than truth by trying to make a connection.

Agreed I suspect that the western perspective of sex is much too convoluted for it to be used accurately or effectively as an analogy for much of anything We understand only a fraction of the psychosocial and biological workings of Analogy that I attempt patience with cheap and lazy wordplay.

I will credit the poor analogy with exposing a much more exciting and valuable topic to explore. Which is the discussion regarding the performative aspect of all human interactions. With a special focus on the route of these interactions.