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The Uneasy Blurring of Work & Play

Your time is their money–and you may feel that your moments are being sold too cheaply.
Tom Chatfield
Nov 22, 2016 6 min read

Clever Like a Fox

A look into how games and childhood play encourage the kind of adaptive, flexible thinking we need to navigate a complex...
Steven Johnson
Nov 2, 2016 11 min read

Greater Than Zero

An investigation into the surprising history of games designed to change our political values.
Steven Johnson
Oct 19, 2016 12 min read

Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens

An exploration of the power of play, from screen-based games like Pokémon Go or Minecraft, to the imaginative worlds of children...
Steven Johnson
Oct 5, 2016 11 min read

Why the White Lab Coat Changed Medical History

The white coat's role in medical history reflects the emergence of medicine as a serious scientific field.
Duncan Geere
Sep 9, 2016 4 min read

Never go to space it’s terrible omg

Space does very, very, very bad things to the human body.
Leigh Alexander
Aug 19, 2016 6 min read

What We’ll Teach at the First School on Mars

What will the teachers and classrooms of space look like? What skills will they focus on?
Nathan Martin
Aug 18, 2016 6 min read

Flotation Tanks: The Weight Room for Your Mind

But for the man who invented the flotation tank, it was supposed to be something else altogether: a way to open...
Danny McAteer
Jul 31, 2016 8 min read

Is the SoulCycle Instructor Preaching for Your Spirit, or Your Wallet?

On group fitness, and the exchange of capital for quasi-spirituality.
Hannah Harris Green
Jul 25, 2016 6 min read

The Athletic Life of the Modern Competitive Eater

How do you train for the physical endurance of eating as quickly as possible?
Rich McEachran
Jul 20, 2016 6 min read
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