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The classic image of an aspiring mage may involve wealthy scholars in ivory towers, but debt and the pressures to make rent are not uncommon among those seeking their place on higher planes of existence or for more affordable accommodations until they can finish school in a city.The author describes how magic systems differ from science fiction as people with different backgrounds create unique cultures that often have little impact beyond themselves due to cultural differences, while also describing the ways these differing groups interact and adapt within them despite their own customs. They suggest this is likely because human beings are not perfect machines but instead embody a wide range of characteristics; thus they can vary in habits or traits over time even if it results from changes that could be seen as radical by others with different views on life, culture, politics, etc..