Tonight on GeekNights, we consider games where the numbers go up. Like Balatro or Slay the Spire or 9 Kings or Vampire Survivors. These games might intersect with deeper societal problems related to the signifier and the signified and the trap of hyperreality. In the news, the NAACP calls for a boycott of southern public school athletics due to their extreme gutting of voting rights, Ferrari launches the Luce, and nobody is booking rooms for the World Cup.
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Content tagged with society
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Tax the Rich
March 19 2026
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how you must tax the rich if you wish to …
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Why there's no big tech news
July 14 2025
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider why there, broadly, aren't major consumer technology developments lately. In …
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Noise Pollution
July 11 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the insidious and underestimated problem of noise pollution. …
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Easter Eggs
April 4 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the nature of the Easter Egg. They're good for …
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Scarcity
April 8 2021
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider scarcity. (NFTs are a scam). In the news, Rym …
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When your Meat Dies
May 6 2013
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what happens (and should happen) to your bits (i.e., your …
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Unions
February 24 2011
Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss something that doesn't really exist in the tech world: Unions! …
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