Elizabeth Block
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Thinking, writing, remote tech wandering
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“Playground posits a near future in which almost everything is play, in which gamification harnesses humanity’s instincts for fun, novelty, competition, and connection to build virtual worlds we never want to leave—and perhaps can’t.” —Regina Marler on Richard Powers
The Cuttlefish’s Play | Regina Marler
Richard Powers's Playground does for oceans what his 2018 novel The Overstory did for trees: it implores us to open ourselves to the ingenuity of life beyond the human.
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December 15, 2024 at 1:15 PM
“Playground posits a near future in which almost everything is play, in which gamification harnesses humanity’s instincts for fun, novelty, competition, and connection to build virtual worlds we never want to leave—and perhaps can’t.” —Regina Marler on Richard Powers