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The Love of The Game

Human beings devise complicated systems of rules in order to regulate behaviours that rarely conform to predictable outcomes. But you can’t lose if you literally construct reality on the fly.

The Glitch Issue

Everyone understands what a glitch is, and yet there is no conclusive origin for the word. A predictable malfunction in a mechanical device is called a “bug.” A glitch is an extraordinary convergence of whimsical and terrible.

Atlas of Emotion

In the 21st century, the focus shifted away from appealing subliminally to people’s desires and more overtly toward affectively appealing to people’s emotions. Terror has replaced pleasure as the lever of Western power.

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