{"id":261,"date":"2017-12-14T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2018-01-24T09:44:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:44:03","slug":"episode-2-richard-garriott-and-the-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/episode-2-richard-garriott-and-the-virtues\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2: Richard Garriott and The Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/lord-british_square.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/lord-british_square.jpg\" alt=\"lord british_square\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter dropshadow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><em>In the 1980s, Richard Garriott created a cultural innovation in computer games in Ultima IV by developing a system of secular virtues, which guided the main character beyond a wholesale slaughter of enemies and into an ethical dilemma of doing the right thing.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a fan of the Ultima series since 1987, when my dad bought us Ultima III for the Atari ST computer.  After that, I continued my adventure with Ultima VI, VIII, IX, Ultima Online, and more, courtesy of the intellectual work of Richard Garriott.<\/p>\n<p>During this conversation, Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British) and I discuss ethics, morals, religion, current events, and some of the history of the seminal Ultima series of games.<\/p>\n<p>As I say in the podcast, I think technology without ethics is pointless.  So I think we can learn a lot from the system developed by Richard over 30 years ago now.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_114\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-261-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/?powerpress_pinw=261-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Culture-of-Tech-Episode-2-Richard-Garriott.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-culture-of-tech-with-benj-edwards\/id1318846289?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecultureoftech.com%2F%3Fp%3D261\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureoftech.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=culture_of_tech\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s, Richard Garriott created a cultural innovation in computer games in Ultima IV by developing a system of secular virtues, which guided the main character beyond a wholesale slaughter of enemies and into an ethical dilemma of doing the right thing. 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