“If you tell me when the next such change will happen, I will bestow upon you great rewards if you are right, but great penalties if you are wrong. What say you?”
Yes, it is true, but being King doesn’t grant him omnipotence. The great rewards are guarded by someone, tallied by another, taxed by a third, available to some—similar to the great penalties. He is trusting in his power as king that his subjects will follow his every whim—when:
Who could he trust, when anyone around him might scheme for his throne?
The King trusts his subjects Directly by asking them to do things for him directly, trusts them indirectly by believing his given role as “King” is enough for them to follow this squandering of resources. He even ‘trusts’ that this ‘trust’ is strong enough to gather the kind of people that will actually work diligently and genuinely to create something ‘Trustworthy’.
Searching for a ‘trustworthy thing’ might simply be an expression of his lack of discernment—he can’t trust himself—so he tries to compensate by creating something he can trust. But—if he himself is the problem, creating a perfect Golem won’t fix him. And maybe that is what this piece is about -
That we are limited by so many factors beyond our control that we simply can’t reach the level of the Golem, and in its construction, become its weakest link.
“Sorry, risk aversion.”
Yes, it is true, but being King doesn’t grant him omnipotence. The great rewards are guarded by someone, tallied by another, taxed by a third, available to some—similar to the great penalties. He is trusting in his power as king that his subjects will follow his every whim—when:
The King trusts his subjects Directly by asking them to do things for him directly, trusts them indirectly by believing his given role as “King” is enough for them to follow this squandering of resources. He even ‘trusts’ that this ‘trust’ is strong enough to gather the kind of people that will actually work diligently and genuinely to create something ‘Trustworthy’.
Searching for a ‘trustworthy thing’ might simply be an expression of his lack of discernment—he can’t trust himself—so he tries to compensate by creating something he can trust. But—if he himself is the problem, creating a perfect Golem won’t fix him. And maybe that is what this piece is about -
That we are limited by so many factors beyond our control that we simply can’t reach the level of the Golem, and in its construction, become its weakest link.