Design Is Why 2048 Sucks, and Threes Is a Masterpiece | Design | WIRED

Anita Sarkeesian, book (& film) critic

GamerGate and the politicization of absolutely everything

Academic Science Isn’t Sexist

Stuxnet’s Secret Twin – By Ralph Langner

Software Is Reorganizing the World | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

A brief study of the economic issues in A Song of Ice and Fire

The Economic Sense in Game of Thrones – Matt McCaffrey – Mises Daily

And while the old adage tells women that men won’t buy the cow if they can get the milk for free, if I’m buying a cow, you can bet I’m going to make sure the milk is to my liking.

The Case for Sex before Marriage

It tells me that we’re at the threshold of being able to create a universe—a simulation—and that we in turn could be living inside a simulation, which could be in turn yet another simulation. And our simulated beings could also create simulations.

Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now? | VICE

I don’t often agree with Mark Cuban, but this time he’s spot on.

I know that no one sells me shares of stock because they expect the price of the stock to go up. So someone saw me coming and they sold me the stock. That is the way the stock market works. When you sit at the trading terminal you look for the sucker. When you don’t see one, it’s you.

Mark Cuban on the ongoing Facebook IPO debtae