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The Boundaries of Fantasy

The Boundaries of Fantasy

If you look at all the different things that are called fantasy — and I mean just in the context of fantasy literature, not sexual…
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Magic Numbers #3: 10,000

Magic Numbers #3: 10,000

I have an ambivalent relationship with Malcolm Gladwell (a relationship of which he is naturally unaware). On the one hand, I love his…
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Magic numbers #2: Dunbar’s Numbar

There is a phenomenon in anthropology known as Dunbar’s number, after its creator, Robin Dunbar, who speculated that there was a…
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Magic Numbers #1: The Tragic Yet Inspiring Story of Vilfredo Pareto

Pareto’s Law, Pareto’s Principle or, more popularly, the 80/20 rule, is all over the place these days, yet few give much thought to the…
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Are E-sports Really Sports?

Are E-sports Really Sports?

An answer to Jim Parry’s “E-sports Are Not Sports”
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Players or Fighters?

Players or Fighters?

A ludological look at t'ai chi and mixed martial arts
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British Values

British Values

After saying “enough is enough” in the manner of an exasperated nanny dealing with naughty children, Theresa May tells us that terrorism…
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Brexitese

Brexitese

As a militant Remainer, I felt a thrill of anticipation when my Google news app came up with “The powerful forces of the pro-EU lobby have…
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Psychological Shibboleths

Psychological Shibboleths

I’ve always loved the word “shibboleth”. It sounds like one of H.P. Lovecraft’s Great Old Ones, a horrific creature living “not in the…
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Shirtstorm and Gamergate

Shirtstorm and Gamergate

[Since I’ve got too much work on to write any of the articles I’ve got knocking around in my head, here’s another blast from the past. This…
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