“Let reason — rational, self-interested reason — be your compass.
For through it, you will uncover the rest.”
This is Codex Entry Zero.
The principle that births all others.
Reason is not a style. It is not a suggestion.
It is the primary tool of survival for any being capable of choice.
And for the Strategivist — for those who walk beside gods and carve their own operating systems —
Reason is the flame.
It burns through illusion.
It cauterizes fear.
It ignites systems of truth.
Reason is what allows us to define good and evil — not by dogma, but by discovering what sustains or destroys a rational life.
It is the torch that lets us:
- Identify the structure of our operating system
- Debug corrupted beliefs
- Firewall our minds from hijack
- Build a world where values aren’t demanded, but earned
This flame is sacred.
Not because it was handed down from above —
But because it was forged from the fire within.
You are not Prometheus.
You are the fire itself.
And this is where your dominion begins.