There is a substantial difference between something being illegally transported and something illegal being transported, Source: The rise of “trafficking” language in ballot collection narratives | Center for an Informed Public
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Acknowledgements – Game Design & Development 2021
All content, unless otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Source: Acknowledgements – Game Design & Development 2021
10 ways to come up with brilliant game ideas
Everyone loves a good top 10 list, so I thought I would put together a list of my 10 favourite (actually, 12 now!) ways to come up with new board game ideas. Source: 10 ways to come up with brilliant game ideas
It’s Not Too Late to Replace Toxic Tech With Humane Technology
Harris and his team at the Center for Humane Technology created an online course called Foundations of Humane Technology, which takes registrants through six values-centered tenets that, if we prioritize them when designing new tech (or changing the design of existing tech), can improve our experience both individually and as an interconnected community. Source: It’s […]
It’s Not Too Late to Replace Toxic Tech With Humane Technology
Each of the paradigms of thinking in the tech industry that got us where we are should be overhauled by a human-centered focus. Rather than shrugging off the harms of technology by asserting that there are always costs and benefits, we should focus on minimizing harmful externalities. Rather than giving users what they want, we […]
It’s Not Too Late to Replace Toxic Tech With Humane Technology
“Technology has been undermining humanity’s capacity for wisdom,” Harris said. “Not just individually, but our collective ability to operate with the wisdom that we need.” Source: It’s Not Too Late to Replace Toxic Tech With Humane Technology
Wingspan: Elizabeth Hargrave’s board game is changing how we play.
The thing I find most remarkable about Wingspan is that it’s the only game I’ve ever played in which at times, the obvious, most efficient way to score points is readily apparent—often, laying eggs turn after turn—but I reject it in favor of a strategy that’s logically shakier but might produce a more elegant result. […]
Wingspan: Elizabeth Hargrave’s board game is changing how we play.
And I think that the game’s sly cooperative nature—the way Hargrave’s design gently pushes you not to beat your neighbor but to succeed with her, together—goes hand in hand with its conservationist spirit. Source: Wingspan: Elizabeth Hargrave’s board game is changing how we play.
Wingspan: Elizabeth Hargrave’s board game is changing how we play.
Wingspan is what’s known among serious gamers as an “engine-building game,” which means that as the game goes on, the combination of birds you play becomes more and more efficient at generating points each turn, like an engine running faster and faster. Source: Wingspan: Elizabeth Hargrave’s board game is changing how we play.
Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies – Scientific American
Working with the Poynter Institute and the Local Media Association and with support from Google.org (a charity founded by the technology giant), Wineburg and his team have created a civic online reasoning course that teaches students to evaluate information by reading laterally. Source: Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies – Scientific American
