Apr 18, 2021 16:00:00

What is the purpose of a man who keeps burying marbles in his land?

Game designer Chris Crawford, who is also the founder of GDC, an event for game developers, says he continues to bury 'marbles' in his own land. He talks about why he continues to do such strange things on his homepage.

Marbles | Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers | Chris Crawford
http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/life-in-general/marbles.html

One day, Mr. Crawford said he watched the TV program 'Life After People, ' which depicts the earth after the destruction of humankind. The program predicted that buildings such as highways, bridges, and skyscrapers would collapse, erode, and disappear within 1000 years after the destruction of humankind.

What would happen to the world if all humans suddenly disappeared from the earth? --GIGAZINE

Stones used as materials for highways, bridges, and skyscrapers are divided into small sand grains by physical and chemical factors such as acid and ultraviolet rays contained in wind, rain, and rain. Sand grains are exposed to strong acids in the body of organisms such as earthworms and eventually transform into parts of the soil.

However, as evidenced by the fact that 'glass is used as a storage container for strongly acidic chemicals,' silicon dioxide, a component of glass, is highly resistant to chemical reactions.

In addition, Mr. Crawford said, 'The larger the bridge, the stronger the material is required.' 'The smaller the object, the stronger it is.' The small marble made of silicon dioxide is 'physical.' It is both physically and chemically durable and can retain its shape forever. ' In other words, Mr. Crawford buried the marbles in a hole of about 2 feet (about 61 cm) so that the marbles would appear on the surface of the earth in their original shape tens of thousands of years later.

'Ten thousand years after the destruction of technological civilization, the soil was washed away and marbles appeared on the surface of the earth. Marbles were discovered by humankind at that time and said,' What was made for? ' I hope to think about 'what is it?' And 'how it was made.' 'He says why he keeps burying marbles.