As discussed in brief in the general essay, The Game by Terry Schott has influenced my life to the extent that it has reshaped my perspective on consciousness and general goals to pursue in life. More importantly than that, it has given me a new sense of hope in a dark time in my life. The general premise of the book is that Earth is merely a simulation called E.A.R.T.H. (Educational Avatar Reality Training Habitat). In the stories real world, Tygon, their youth is sent into Earth to live out full lives to both give their them a breadth of knowledge and to serve for entertainment value as they watch their lives unfold. In this simulation, there's an uncontrolled overseeing body named “Mainframe” which causes odd and “coincidental” occurrences
