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In what may be one of the most innovative change programs in Latin America, the administration of Rafael Correa is proposing to transition from a neo-liberal, free market economic model to what they are calling a social knowledge economy based on a combination of commons-based economics and the promotion of open knowledge systems. It’s heady…
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FEED: We’re clearly still a few steps away from games where spontaneous behavior really starts to happen and you have real learning going on with the virtual characters. But were there cases with The Sims where you pressed play and the characters really surprised you with their behavior? WRIGHT: A lot of stuff, yeah. Probably…
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migraine face
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Notes from “The Penelopiad” by Margaret Atwood
I was very interested in the invention of the light bulb, for instance, and in the matter-into-energy theories of the twentieth century. More recently, some of us have been able to infiltrate the new ethereal-wave system that now encircles the globe, and to travel around that way, looking out at the world through the flat,…
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we’ve got to fight for our right to poetry
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Flowers for a friend. Wondering if the claims are true.
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She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation. Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (via larmoyante)
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Just glance at human history and the endless waves of rationalizations for rule-by-inherited-oligarchy. This is in our blood, our bones. It is what we do. Does Inequality Matter? (via azspot)
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…and hopefully tacos! (hat tip to @kenyatta)
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Editorial: Why Games Should Enter The Public Domain | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Editorial: Why Games Should Enter The Public Domain | Rock, Paper, Shotgun mostlysignssomeportents: A few days ago I inadvertently caused a bit of a fuss. In writing about GOG’s Time Machine sale, I expressed my two minds about the joy of older games b This is an EXCELLENT and well-argued piece.