This re the 'leave the world behind' discussion, btw

conservatives viewing politics through a prism of “any republican no matter how bad is better than the democrat” is how they now have a 6-3 supreme court for the rest of our lives

Everyone, simultaneously and four-fold, as I understand it

I always vote for Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker, Fremder, Bread and Jam for Frances, a wonderful range. (& Gene Wolfe)

Letting my son go on a thing that lifts him 20m and looks like it's warming up to throw him to the upper atmosphere.

This is pedagogical gaming of historical moments, not a board game per se though reactingconsortium.org

Anyway, I eventually branched out into non-geek culture writing, most notably with my December 2016 longread about the making and meaning of CHILDREN OF MEN. I’d worked on it for a year, but had only done the core interview with Alfonso Cuarón two weeks after Trump won. The reporting changed me:

How Children of Men Became a Dystopian Masterpiece

The overlooked 2006 film gets more relevant with every passing day.