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…

Who Wants to be Internet Famous?

Eight point six million plus in one day. Anyone? I’m talking about when Jennifer Aniston crashed Instagram in October 2019 and garnered more than 8.6 million followers in one day after she posted a selfie with the cast of Friends. Eight…point…six…million…plus. The photo itself logged more than 10 million likes,…