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Scientists are used to seeing infinity in their equations, but refuse to accept it as an answer to them - why?
-Links for the Curious-
“Singularities & Black Holes,” by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-singularities/
“Singularities & Black Holes,” by Peter Bokulich - http://people.bu.edu/pbokulic/blackholes/
Infinite Ethics (Bostrom, 2011) - nickbostrom.com/ethics/infinite.pdf
The Elasticity of Demand for Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Its Application to the Military Health System (Ringel et al, 2002) - rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1355.html
“Price Elasticity of Demand,” by Anderson et al - jstor.org/stable/1237232?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
“Taxes & Perfectly Inelastic Demand,” by Khan Academy - khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-microeconomics/ap-supply-demand-equilibrium/ap-deadweight-loss-tutorial/v/taxes-and-perfectly-inelastic-demand
Scientists are used to seeing infinity in their equations, but refuse to accept it as an answer to them - why?
-Links for the Curious-
“Singularities & Black Holes,” by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-singularities/
“Singularities & Black Holes,” by Peter Bokulich - http://people.bu.edu/pbokulic/blackholes/
Infinite Ethics (Bostrom, 2011) - nickbostrom.com/ethics/infinite.pdf
The Elasticity of Demand for Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Its Application to the Military Health System (Ringel et al, 2002) - rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1355.html
“Price Elasticity of Demand,” by Anderson et al - jstor.org/stable/1237232?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
“Taxes & Perfectly Inelastic Demand,” by Khan Academy - khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-microeconomics/ap-supply-demand-equilibrium/ap-deadweight-loss-tutorial/v/taxes-and-perfectly-inelastic-demand









![244. The Meaning of Games & Flow
Many assume that, when a games over, theres nothing more to reflect on besides the fun. Positive psychologys theory of Flow prompts a similar stance. But what if games & Flow are both saying more than we might suppose at first glance?
SPOILER WARNINGS FOR:
Papers Please
Undertale
Brenda Romeros Train
To avoid spoiling any of the above, jump to: 4:44
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Soderman, B. (2021) Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject. The MIT Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12831.001.0001.
2023-09-08 (observed) - 📡 by Mike Rugnetta (no date). Available at: https://satelliteantennaemoji.substack.com/p/2023-09-08-observed (Accessed: 26 September 2023).
169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency – Sean Carroll (no date). Available at: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/10/18/169-c-thi-nguyen-on-games-art-values-and-agency/ (Accessed: 15 September 2023).April 08, A.M.B. and 2013 (2013)
Flow, Player and Employee Jounrey, Game Developer. Available at: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/flow-player-and-employee-jounrey (Accessed: 23 September 2023).
Csikszentmihalyi, M. and Bennett, S. (1971) ‘An Exploratory Model of Play’, American Anthropologist, 73(1), pp. 45–58.DICE 2010: ‘Design Outside the Box’ Presentation (2015). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_PbHVW5cQ (Accessed: 26 September 2023).
Eliasson, D. (no date) ‘What Level Design Elements Determine Flow?’, level design [Preprint].Frequently Asked Questions on Flow - Steven Kotler (no date). Available at: https://www.stevenkotler.com/rabbit-hole/frequently-asked-questions-on-flow (Accessed: 26 September 2023).
Interactive Principles (no date). Available at: https://eharpste.github.io/interactive-principles/#/ (Accessed: 14 September 2023).
March 22, S.B. and 2012 (2012) Cognitive Flow: The Psychology of Great Game Design, Game Developer. Available at: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/cognitive-flow-the-psychology-of-great-game-design (Accessed: 22 September 2023).
Nicholson, S. (2015) ‘A RECIPE for Meaningful Gamification’, in T. Reiners and L.C. Wood (eds) Gamification in Education and Business. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–20. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10208-5_1.
Show’, ‘The Ezra Klein (2022) ‘Opinion | Are We Measuring Our Lives in All the Wrong Ways?’, The New York Times, 25 February. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-c-thi-nguyen.html (Accessed: 14 September 2023).
Staff, W. (no date) ‘Next-Gen Dashboards Teach Leadfoots How to Hypermile’, Wired. Available at: https://www.wired.com/2008/12/when-ford-and-h/ (Accessed: 26 September 2023).
The “Flow” state’s influence during game design process. | by Ramón Díaz | Medium (no date). Available at: https://medium.com/@raydaz/the-applications-relevance-of-flow-state-design-in-video-games-1572dac0d2c (Accessed: 22 September 2023).
The Tyranny of the Marginal User - by Ivan Vendrov (no date). Available at: https://nothinghuman.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-the-marginal-user (Accessed: 15 September 2023).
(2) Overwatch: Reinhardt Gameplay - Route 66 Payload Attack - YouTube (no date). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csqVRdBax2I (Accessed: 1 October 2023).
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