I have joined the Academic Freedom Alliance. This organization worries about the right of academics to engage in sincere discussions, even if they might go into hot territory.

These stories lure us in by making common cause with ordinary people. They seem to express, and ally with, our frustration and hopelessness with a world gone mad…Yet it’s a trick. The same people who commiserate with those on the screen are busy offstage perpetuating the misery.

An interview with Quartz Media’s Jacob Templin on the game industry and its revenues.