The problem of “wasted” content imo only comes into play when choices are signaled as obviously good or bad, because we know most players want the good outcome. Truly interesting choices have a more even split.

Also “make friends and be good to them” because you never know who will be in the position to get you a job someday.

I didn’t realize the Seinfeld stand-ups were related to the episode as a kid. 😅

I love how slow Wikipedia moves during controversy. For YEARS after the "GamerGate" harassment campaign, editors refused to give up the URL of the *original* meaning of the word: A gamergate is a kind of ant.

Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.

My honest answer is I don’t think we can build systems that give individual humans authority without attracting the very worst people to those positions.

Dear Journal, it’s year 30 of the Luddite Age, and today I must carry my personal computing device four miles through snow to the Network Hub for its yearly update. It is the only way to prevent the machine from joining the MotherMind. I pray the wolves do not get me.

It still holds up pretty well!

I’ve been thinking a lot from a small dev perspective of how to better future proof my personal projects. I’m currently developing a game in javascript ‘cause I figure its ubiquity will at least make porting to future technologies easier.

Congratulations!!