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“Games are providing rewards that reality is not.”
― Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
― Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
“To Know the Dark"
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.”
― Terrapin: Poems by Wendell Berry
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.”
― Terrapin: Poems by Wendell Berry
“So I grew. And as I grew I learned that in the world beyond family and family friends, your mistakes—bad manners, poor taste, an excess of high spirits—could put you, your parents, and your people at risk.”
― Negroland: A Memoir
― Negroland: A Memoir
“Whether it’s money, grades, promotions, popularity, attention, or just plain material things we want, scientists agree: seeking out external rewards is a sure path to sabotaging our own happiness.”
― Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
― Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
“Privilege is provisional. Privilege can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly and summarily withdrawn. Entitlement is impervious to the kinds of verbs that modify privilege. Our people have had to work, scrape for privilege, gobble it down when those who would snatch it away weren’t looking. Keep a close watch.”
― Negroland: A Memoir
― Negroland: A Memoir
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