Dean Abbott on Substack
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Dean Abbott on Substack
Play provides freedom from time. When we are fully engaged in play, we lose a sense of the passage of time. We also experience diminished consciousness of self. We stop worrying about whether we look good or awkward, smart or stupid. We stop thinking about the fact that we are thinking. In imaginative play, we can even be a different self. We are
... See moreStuart Brown M.D., Christopher Vaughan • Play
It’s like being a kid again: Children skip the boring “getting to know you” phase and jump straight into pretend play — transforming into dragon-slaying knights or shipwrecked sailors.
“How was your weekend?” “Good, but I spent way too much time watching people make tiny food on TikTok.” “Whoa, like … dollhouse-size?” “Yes! If you want to learn to
... See moreLots of people worry that AI will replace human writers. But I know something the computer doesn’t know, which is what it feels like inside my head. There is no text, no .jpg, no .csv that contains this information, because it is ineffable. My job is to carve off a sliver of the ineffable, and to eff it.
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