So... what I've learned from anime and video games is that main-characters basically fall into two buckets "Light" characters are those that do no go gently in

So... what I've learned from anime and video games is that main-characters basically fall into two buckets "Light" characters are those that do no go gently into that good night. They are often passionate and naive. "Dark" characters are those who understand the inevitability of entropy and also how it is a necessary power in the world (as it creates the arrow of time and thus all Stories) Dark characters want to reduce the pain in the world by euthanizing it in some way, bringing about the inevitable instead of the vain struggle. Light characters "win" by converting everyone they see into an ally and friend from going down the dark path by showing that the struggle itself is meaningful. This is the "anime friends unite and defeat God" trope. Light: Naruto, Goku, Luffy, etc... Dark: Madara, Amelie (Death Stranding),etc.. Light struggling w Dark: Aang (last airbender) Dark struggling to be light: Kratos Techno-optimists are a sort of interesting hybrid. They are often intellectually sophisticated enough to understand and bias towards a dark character but also occupy positions in society where you are obligated to be a light character that supports society. This can feel cloying and fake and self duplicitous or it can feel manipulative and sociopathic. "Accelerate the production of entropy, for we will find a way to reverse it!" So they are a dark character struggling to be light but not willing to give up the god-powers that come from tapping into the dark dimension. So... basically the Ancient One from the marvel movies... This explains the popularity of tech-spirituality. Because pure rationalism inevitably leads to the entropy-worship so there needs to be something more woo to counteract that inevitable conclusion.