I would love to have a Practice Effect for my gear, I always feel a bit guilty binning a tool or a piece of kit that has rendered good services without fail – seems rather ungrateful.Īctually, the world we live in is the polar opposite of the world that Brin portrays: with an economy that builds on constant growth, consumption and expansion. For this reason, the wealthy employ servants to practice their possessions to perfection. However, if they are not put to use, an object’s condition deteriorates over time. So with use, swords get sharper, baskets improve the more things they carry, decorations and jewelry get more attractive the more they are looked at. This effect is known as the Practice Effect. This novel plays in a world, where as you use objects, instead of wearing out, they improve. This reminded me of David Brin’s 1984 novel, The Practice Effect. Rather, I was thinking about gear wearing out and about how annoying I find it sometimes, when you have to replace things, just when they were well worn in and working really well. Don’t worry, this is not going to be another post about boots and arborist or anything down those lines.
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