Gamified Epistemics

Game over — Or, how I learned to stop worrying about the digital platform crisis and love the media multiverse From chess to Fortnite, here's how games could help us understand the complexities of digital media platforms in a time when every platform is a universe of its own. So, how'd we ge... See more

The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on idea... See more

There’s also a great anecdote from Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman, where he talks about how physics used to delight him when he used to play with it, but then it started to disgust him when he got burdened by this idea that he was obligated to advance the future of science. That he was supposed to be doing “important” work.

It’s quite poe... See more