- July 2056, the Nim population has hit a point of stagnation.
- My name is 1, I am a proud, yet worn out, nimizen of what is known as the Nimation for now more than five centuries.
- Since our formation in Europe in 1532 our population has not decreased nor increased.
- My name is 1, I am a proud, yet worn out. Nimizen has been known as the Nimation for now more than five centuries.
- Since our formation in Europe in 1532 our population has remained stable.
- "We remain a steady and horrifyingly tiresome sixteen individuals, stuck in what is now a seriously embarrassing hierarchical structure: the pyramid."
- "Our society used to be organised in the following structure:"
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1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- We respond to a very simple set of rules
- "We respond to a very simple set of rules:"
- (i) Only one couple is allowed at the time in Nimation
- (ii) Nimizens are only able to communicate with their immediate neighbour, i.e 1 and 7 can never be in touch
- (iii) Only Nim’s of an identical position within our pyramid structure can navigate outside of the pyramid together at once
- (i) Only one couple is allowed at the time in Nimation.
- (ii) Nimizens are only able to communicate with their immediate neighbour, i.e 1 and 7 can never be in touch.
- "(iii) Only Nim’s of an identical position within our pyramid structure can navigate outside of the pyramid together at once."
- As you may imagine, the referral to multiple 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s was quite unsettling, raised jealousies and could get outsiders confused.
- The Nim Revolution, 1904, marked a turn in our history as new names were assigned to each nimizen
- As you may imagine, the referral to multiple 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s was quite unsettling, arousing jealousies that could confuse outsiders.
- The Nim Revolution of 1904 marked a turn in our history as new names were assigned to each nimizen:
- Embracing each nimizen as individuals, through distinct names and physical features became the norm.
- Our diversity had finally become the trope for a fair representation of the self within a co-dependent society.
- The following year, 1905 the L-group composed of 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and myself wanted to go even further and re-considered our architectural ideologies.
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alt: "shape nims"
- "We wanted to implement a new set of rules:"
- (i) Nimation is opened to groups as much as individuals. It will no longer be a couple only experience.
- (ii) A nimizen should be able to engage with any other nimizens and not only their immediate neighbour
- (iii) Identity and social stature is not limited to one’s position in the pyramid
- (iv) Nimizens should be able to navigate outside the structure with any other nimizens not only the ones of similar structural stature
- (v) The traditional pyramid structure has to become a structure amongst others, not the default structure
- (vi) One’s fate shouldn’t be set in stone, one should have agency as to the path one chooses
- (vii) Nimation should be open to the growth of its nimizens as well as its annihilation, retirement of its nimizens or replacement of its nimizens
- (i) Nimation is opened to groups and individuals. It will no longer be a couple only experience.
- (ii) Nimizens are able to engage with any other nimizens, not just their immediate neighbour.
- "(iii) Identity and social stature are no longer limited to one's position in the pyramid."
- (iv) Nimizens are able to navigate outside the structure with any other nimizens not only with those of similar structural stature.
- (v) The traditional pyramid structure becomes a structure amongst others, not the default structure.
- "(vi) One's fate shouldn't be set in stone, one should have agency as to the path one chooses."
- (vii) Nimation should be open to the growth of its nimizens as well as its annihilation, retirement of its nimizens or replacement of its nimizens.
- Unable to convince the others of the necessity of the institution’s rewriting our structure remained the same.
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alt: "human nims"
- "1: Psst."
- "Silence."
- "1: Pssst!"
- "2: What?!"
- "1: I’m not talking to you."
- "1: I'm not talking to you."
- "2: 3."
- "3: Hm?"
- "2: I think 1 is trying to talk to you."
- "3: What is it?"
- "1: I’m lonely."
- "1: I'm lonely."
- "3: We already talked about this."
- "1: Well it still hasn’t been solved."
- "1: Well it still hasn't been solved."
- "3: I’m sorry there is nothing I can do about it at the moment, you could..."
- "1: People assume because I’m at the top of the pyramid, everything is great for me!"
- "1: People assume because I'm at the top of the pyramid, everything is great for me!"
- "1: Ha, sure is a great bore. Five centuries of solitude, an omnipotent perspective that has no witness."
- "1: No one to share my point of view with."
- "1: To get any mundane experience across I need a waterfall of information"
- "1: to slightly hope one will get some kind of input and they might never understand."
- "1: To get any mundane experience across I need a waterfall of information, to slightly hope one will get some kind of input and they might never understand."
- "3: I understand you! Or at least try too."
- "2: Quiet you two I’m practising."
- "2: Quiet you two, I'm practising."
- "1: And when I go, I go alone."
- "3: Well at least you don’t have to suffer the unreasonable ones of this row."
- "3: Well at least you don't have to suffer the unreasonable ones of this row."
- "1: And when I fear, I fear alone."
- "3: You talk to me, sometimes."
- "7: Is one having a moment again?"
- "3: Yes, yes, we’re trying to figure it out."
- "7: Is 1 having a moment again?"
- "3: Yes, yes, we're trying to figure it out."
- "2: Sssh."
- "6: This again?"
- "2: 1 is trying to annihilate us again."
- "6: Let them be, they will be picked at soon enough again."
- "6: Let them be, they will be picked on soon enough again."
