Heresies And Games

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Some Contemporary Heresies

Kevin Kelly | KK | 6th April 2026

List of 84 heretical statements — if you define heresy as "something you believe that the people you most admire and respect don’t believe and reject out of hand". Thought-provoking throughout. Examples include: "GMO food is better for you", "the US Civil War was a mistake, the Confederate South should have been allowed to secede", "obesity is contagious", and "fancy wines are a scam" (1,000 words)

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Gamer’s Dilemma

Arianne Shahvisi | LRB Blog | 9th April 2026

Revisiting a thorny moral question. "Why is virtual killing morally acceptable in computer games while virtual child sex abuse is not, given that no real person is harmed in either case?" Murder-based games are normalised, as is the military strategy of killing civilians remotely with bombing missions and drones. The same "wonky moral arithmetic" is present in the reaction to the Epstein files (1,500 words)

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