Nov 247 minSo there’s this psychology paper I keep thinking aboutIt starts, like all psychology papers, with a competitor for the most boringest sentence ever: One of the essential insights from...
Nov 174 minGetting Better at CriticismLast week, I got to hear Wycliffe Gordon play Amazing Grace live. It was awesome. And then, he pulled out his mute. No recording’s gonna...
Nov 101 minHow to Read a RiotSo recently, Marcus Arvan invited me to pitch my forthcoming paper “How to Read a Riot” to a public-facing audience of about 2,000...
Oct 1310 minSomeone could get it WrongI had a really interesting conversation about art criticism this week. So here we go: What does it mean to be great at jazz? Look, I know...
Sep 296 minMVP mini-manifestoI’m always fascinated by Most Valuable Player awards because I think they’re a great encapsulation of how we think about value in sports...
Sep 81 minGame Values vs. Real-Life ValuesMy friend Kjell and I noticed there just aren’t enough podcasts, so we decided to help. Our first episode takes an early look at some of...
Aug 254 minThe Politics of Age of Empires III’ve been playing a lot of Stellaris lately, but as a kid, the only computer game I really played much was Age of Empires II (AoE2, as in...
Aug 111 minI got my guy!So here’s the mind-blowing keynote for Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT? Apparently I have a very expressive face. Anyway, I’ll give you a...
Jul 145 minTwilight Imperium and Instrumental ConvergenceI got to play Twilight Imperium last weekend and I was so powerful I didn’t know what to do. I like to describe Twilight Imperium as 8...
Jun 234 minComplexity versus RichnessHere’s some chess jargon: pawns aren’t pieces. Your king, queen, rooks, bishops, and knights are all pieces. But your pawns are just...