We’ll soon be accepting submissions for our first writing competition, LIES.
Why did we choose this theme? Well, in keeping with our branding, every good board game has an element of deception. But beyond that, we’re living in a particularly epochal moment where the difference between truth and lies has never been less easily discernible.
This is the age of disinformation, where not only are lies difficult to identify, but the sheer oversaturation of information made available to us at any given moment makes the truth within it feel obscure and unobtainable.
The consequences of this are both personal and political. Are the lives we broadcast on social media really indicative of our true selves, or merely how we wish to be perceived?
For centuries it’s been said that “the media” is full of lies, in broad generalisations. The product of this, of course, is not an access to a legitimate ‘truth’ hiding beneath the ‘lies’ of every news outlet, but rather, even more outlandish lies. Conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, anti-intellectualism.
Thus, even as we have greater access to information, or ‘truth’ than at any other stage in human history, we are equally more susceptible to lies than ever before.
Through this competition, we’re seeking your ruminations on lies in every and any sphere you can think of. How often do you lie to others, or to yourself? How does it feel to be lied to, on an individual or societal scale? Can we escape the new unholy Ministries of Truth (generative AI, bot accounts, troll farms) seeking to ingratiate themselves into the cultural zeitgeist and political lexicon?
-Sam
diceroll press 