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Because in California, you can see the absurdity of these categories on full display. We call ourselves the “West,” yet if you stand on the beach and look west, what you see is East Asia. The compass itself becomes a kind of joke.
That’s the spirit of West of the West. A Monkey King leaping from ancient China into contemporary California, poking fun at our techno-kings and freeway kingdoms. Monkey for those unfamiliar is an awesome sort of fusionist fable from Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian doctrines with loads of slapstick (also inspired DBZ)
If myth is the software we rarely admit we’re running, then Monkey’s trick is to show us the glitches. To laugh at the solemn stories we tell ourselves about destiny, progress, and who counts as civilized.
Our venture started with a team learning not to take those categories for granted. Monkey’s venture begins the same way—by asking, with a grin:
Where is the West, exactly?
https://pioneeringspirit.xyz/epics-without-end
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