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So it makes sense that video games would be the primary educational environment of the future: they are the best way we have of (a) creating simulations of reality (b) with fast feedback loops (c) accessible at low cost.

COVID has created a unique situation where not only is this the first time in modern history where we’ve been completely isolated - but it’s the first time where we’ve been completely isolated physically but completely connected virtually.

For example, I’d love Shopify to tell me the best possible discount code for any store — it knows all of them! Or, if I’m in a retail store, to let me scan a barcode or photograph an item and see if there’s a Shopify shop, either nearby or online, with the same item for cheaper, or at least one that has my size in stock. Or to help me find products... See more

In the medium term, we’re going to see more gameplay-first games launch with crypto concepts and innovations. These innovations will happen along a spectrum from cosmetic skins becoming NFTs to token models where gamers can play for ownership in a game.

The self is not something you can set out looking for; it reveals itself gradually through the choices you make.

We must cease to concern ourselves with our unique suffering – whether we are happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, good or bad – and give up our neurotic and debilitating journeys of self-discovery. Art of true value requires, like a j

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