Stephen Downes

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The Story of Habitat, the Very First Large-Scale Online Role-Playing Game (1986)
In 1953, a Telephone-Company Executive Predicts the Rise of Modern Smartphones and Video Calls
How Much of What You See Is Actually a Hallucination?: An Animated TED-Ed Lesson
How Artists Get Famous: A Physicist Reveals How Networks (and Not Just Talent) Contribute to Artistic Success
Stephen Fry Reads Nick Cave' Stirring Letter About ChatGPT and Human Creativity: We Are Fighting for the Very Soul of the World
Watch Philosophy Lectures That Became a Hit During COVID by Professor Michael Sugrue (RIP): From Plato and Marcus Aurelius to Critical Theory
A 107-Year-Old Irish Farmer Reflects on the Changes He’s Seen During His Life (1965)