The Economist praises misfits for their eccentricities. From quants to hackers to Jobsian acolytes, all hail the Disorganization Man: Wired magazine once called it “the Geek Syndrome”. Speaking of internet firms founded in the past decade, Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor, told the New Yorker
E3 is this week. You probably noticed. Videogame makers are rushing to capture more and more of your attention. But maybe that’s not such a good thing. One of my fave science writers Jonah Lehrer has a defense of day-dreaming in the New Yorker, looking at several studies that about the benefits of l
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Screw the Kinect voice commands. Screaming is all the rage. Chris O’Reilly at UCLA’s Talk Therapy is absurd: In Talk Therapy, two players compete by screaming at each other. Speed up or slow down your piece, and yell at the exact moment it lines up with your competitor’s. Ok. Sure. Video
