Algorithm-free zones and pursuing pleasure with Walt Cassidy aka WALTPAPER

Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to creativity and fun.

What if we created the optimal conditions – where we live, where we work, where we study, where we pray, where you walk every day – for the imagination to flourish? What would you do? What would you change?

“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn how to distract themselves from temptations. And once you’ve gotten into that willpower groove, your brain is practiced at helping you focus on a goal.