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…

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