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Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society

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A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.

tags of your website --> Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society This is a story of how harmless choices can make a harmful world. These little cuties are 50% Triangles, 50% Squares, and 100% slightly shapist. But only slightly! In fact, every polygon prefers being in a diverse crowd: You can only move them if they're unhappy with their immediate neighborhood. Once they're OK where they are, you can't move them until they're unhappy with their neighbors again . They've got one, simple rule: “I wanna move if less than 1/3 of my neighbors are like me.” Harmless, right?

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