Post-Truth is a card game designed to promote critical thinking + connectivity.

I created this game to be multi-intentional. Post-Truth is for stimulating your brain meaningfully, using philosophical thought experiments with a purpose toward developing empathic practical skills and promoting tolerance. I made it with the intention to facilitate intimate moments and deep, thoughtful conversation and combat judgment.

Being in an era with endless access to information and mis-information, and an abundance of resources that can be manipulated to your liking, this game is a call to action. In the information age of “fake news” and “facebook news”, we’ve seen how independent public content can be weaponized. “Post-Truth” refers to the philosophical concept of the disappearance of objective standards for truth. Post-Truth is described as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinions than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. This concept can be traced back to earlier moral, epistemic, and relativism ideas in philosophy. Humans create concepts through which they define as good and just therefore replacing the concept of truth with the concept of value. My point being, the truth is never as clear as one thinks and everyone thinks their truth is truth. And your truth is your truth! 

The Post-Truth Game is a card game with hypothetical questions that pull on themes from different eras of philosophy, meant to discuss in a group of 2 or more. There’s no way to win this game, but it passes the time just fine. These hypothetical questions may seem out there at first but you might just find them to be relevant eventually. This card is not intended for “debate” but an exchange of ideas, inspired by our human experiences, which has shaped our consciousness. Maybe it doesn’t actually have anything to do with what you answer but rather how many answers you can explore and consider.

Post-Truth is currently non-commercial, with ambitions to launch in 2023. I thoughtfully crafted the concept, game, and design with intention and if there’s anything I’d like you to carry with you from my work, it is this.