Philosophical
What if progress always comes with a price tag?
A Titan stole fire from the gods and handed it to humans. Not a match. Not a candle. The ability to think, create, and build. Zeus didn't punish him for the theft. He punished him for what it meant: humans would never be controllable again.
I knew what I was doing. I chose to do it anyway.— Prometheus, in Aeschylus' *Prometheus Bound*
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Titan Who Stole Fire
Prometheus is a figure from Greek mythology who defied the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity, enabling civilization but earning eternal punishment.
Based on Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (Project Gutenberg), summarised and reframed by Insights.
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