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WHAT ARE GAMES « Proteus
WHAT ARE GAMES « Proteus edmundito: In the Spanish language, the word Juego corresponds to both play and games; you can call playing with toys a juego as well as playing a juego de ajedres (a game of chess). A distinct word to define a game with rules and end conditions does not exist. Although there is a structure…
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The medium, or process, of our time — electric technology — is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted. Everything is changing: you, your family, your education, your…
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new-aesthetic: My week as an Amazon insider | Technology | The Observer The first item I see in Amazon’s Swansea warehouse is a package of dog nappies. The second is a massive pink plastic dildo. The warehouse is 800,000 square feet, or, in what is Amazon’s standard unit of measurement, the size of 11 football…
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The Future of the Book As someone who made the leap from print to electronic publishing over thirty years ago people often ask me to expound on the “future of the book.” Frankly, I can’t stand the question, especially when asked simplistically. For starters it needs more specificity. Are we talking 2 years, 10 years…