A game for 4 year olds

[Brinne]

The problem is that such a Golden Age has been achieved and lost, time and time again, without reason or purpose. The story of the Ancients reminds me of the tale of Atlantis, that perfect society that was lost to the waves during a catastrophic event.

I mean, sure. If what we take from the story of the Ancients is the stark reality of "sometimes bad things happen to good people for absolutely no reason, and we have to find ways to cope with that fact," then I'm fully on board and even enthusiastic about exploring that. As always, though, what I take objection to is the simultaneous, contrary searching for some kind of cultural reason or failing that they "fell." Are we trying to touch on the existential problem of meaningless things happening without reason, or are we trying to trace back and find a reason? Or are we confused and going back and forth on it from one scenario to another as needed, especially with different writers helming at different times?

I'm sure that to some, there's an argument of "why can't it be both?", but I think part of the issue is that in this, to a degree, it can't be both. "Actionably avoid their mistakes" inherently undermines "accept the difficult truth that they were destroyed for no discernible reason," especially without a lot of careful nuance EW, well, isn't great about having.