Of proximity and goodness….the world of faces

Put any set of strangers in an unknown environment the elements of game theory like factors become evident clearly.
Just a thought in my head ….perhaps a story may make it evident….

“ Imagine a set of few individuals suddenly put in a strange environment.
Each of these individuals has his/her own amalgamation of what they are their own formulas their own little ways of seeing the world. And trust me each of these combinations are distinct from every other combination in million other ways….
Imagine if these individuals were different plastic balls….each sundried in different parts of the world and colored by thousands of people with their own thoughts also generating their own level of beautiful meanings of the world….

In this sudden new world now each one is on their own….they are now individuals…but wait….we can see some activity going on…..as time passes by some of these individuals interact….yes they start exchanging their inert thoughts and worldly perceptions with the others …..some spark initially….while some gel beautifully….the proximity of each one of these individuals now become the existence factor of their identity…..new amalgamations are formed the environment now plays new roles ….some try to escape the environment some get shocked and shunned…..as the world goes on….and new things emerge….each individual tries to score the so called +ve factor with other individual….those who finally get a good positive score balance the external environment….but some still wonder internally the negatives they have done to keep the positivity…..it becomes a state of virtual reality…..a state of immense instability and the distances between that of the inner world and those of the outer increase….for some the inner world becomes more unstable and hence the outer interactions become even more unstable….hence adding negative points to them and setting false proximities around with others….life goes on ……as time passes by the individuals start repelling in the contained freedom and time they get…..they all surpass the unknown real of the outside and the inside world….some manage to amalgate old ties some manage to recreate their old perceptions…some see more positivities than that which exist while some see less than what exist….the imbalance of what then is reality becomes clearly evident…..and then suddenly when each of these individuals are taken out of the environment the environment has changed their colors in such unpleasant manner that the outside world becomes different to what they are… on their own…..the roles of proximity…positivity ….ability….reality….all change…just to see a different real…which may or may not show but realize the difference between the inside and the outside.....a stark reality of the unsaid…of the eternally unknown……"

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