Contents Under (Peer) Pressure

Good and bad. Right and wrong. Positive and negative. Heaven and Hell. Virtue and vice. I would like to think I’m mostly on the left side of all those combinations. I’m certainly not perfect, but I’m pretty boring if you’re looking for me to be in the bad/wrong/negative/Hell/vice category. I’ve…

The Power Trip of Playing God

Back in 1989, a company called Maxis released a PC game called Sim City. Players of the game act as the mayor of a simulated city (thus the word “Sim” in the name) of their own creation—building roads, zoning, adding schools and municipal buildings, putting up power lines and power…