Ivory tower

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

4

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What Wikipedia says

An ivory tower is a state of privileged seclusion from the practicalities of real life. An ivory tower can be a place where people choose to disconnect from the rest of the world to follow their own interests, usually mental or esoteric ones.

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