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Kelly Clancy
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Author of PLAYING WITH REALITY, how games have shaped our world— a New Yorker, Economist, Guardian book of the year. Neuroscientist prev @ MIT, Berkeley, UCL, DeepMind. Words in Wired, The New Yorker, WSJ, SciAm, Harper’s and more.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much!
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ooh that sounds like such an awesome class, thanks so much!
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Also NY’s Christopher Ortloff! 30 years in the house and has since been convicted!
July 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
That's great advice! Also might be worth checking out 'Turing's Cathedral' if you haven't already, it is...obsessively detailed :)
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Arguably what my book is about! Maybe also explains why it didn’t sell 🤷‍♀️
July 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
He chose to activate the electrode in his centromedian nucleus, which gave him the sense that he was almost, nearly, at the tip of remembering or understanding something. It's an incredibly seductive feeling.
July 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Kelly Clancy
I recommend everyone consider reading the United Nation’s charter these days.

I wonder why we don’t talk about it more. Imagine the world if we truly resolved ourselves to join efforts toward the aims of the UN charter.

www.un.org/en/about-us/...
Preamble | United Nations
www.un.org
June 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Aw thanks! Hope you enjoy—psyched to read yours!
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Congrats! Looks fascinating!
June 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Woo congrats!! What an awesome premise!
May 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Entirely beautiful thread, you can add ‘can bring readers to tears before breakfast’ to your list of accomplishments
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM