Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)

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Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Venezuelan democracy activist and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress Leopoldo López. As part of PPP’s ongoing collaboration with the Journal of Democracy they discuss Leopoldo’s recent article on Democracy in an Age of Networked Control. They di ...  Show more

David I. Waddington, "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

Despite decades of inflammatory rhetoric, the real risk of video games lies not in their violent imagery but in the ethical and political sensibilities they normalize. Video games reward speed, efficiency, control, and meritocratic mastery, training players to align with a techno ...  Show more

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