the elucidation

hey. imagine if everyone knew everything

not about the physics and philosophy and the universe, 

god and the mystery of life;

but about every dirty thought you have ever had,

and all the gossip since the pharaoh and moses 

smoked camel lights in negotiation 

round behind the pyramid

not just who horsed who, 

but every weird wet dream too

we would be more liberal and better behaved i should think

subterfuge stymied, 

the obfuscated elucidated.

an idea i think about a lot is that of the book at the end of the universe. i like to think that, when this whole thing is over, all the players will be invited to inspect the logs and find out what the other characters were thinking, what actually went down, who thought they had got away with cheating, and so on. like, the ultimate compendium of gossip.

so for the purposes of this thought experiment, we accept that this book exists. the question then is: could it have existed before the universe started? does it already exist? but only the players who have already quit have access? or are there superplayers who have access to the book now? and would reading the book change the book?