E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power
Pat KaneE2 means “Second Enlightenment”. Transformative creativity, radical innovation and generative activism - celebrated, proposed and developed here. Cosmo-Scottish.
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What do I mean by ‘superplay’? It’s an element of our current condition—where our natural capacities for envisioning and rehearsing (that is, play) escape their sandbox, and quickly become...
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INTRO (scroll down for new leads):
What do I mean by ‘superplay’? It’s an element of our current condition—where our natural capacities for envisioning and rehearsing (that is, play) escape...
PK in The National: Development chaos of Grand Theft Auto 6 does not detract from efforts to unionise
This is an open-access version of my weekly column in The National, published Saturday, 4th July 2026
FUNNY enough, there are a few trade-union characters that have appeared in the computer-game worlds of Grand Theft Auto over the years....
PK in The National: I love Manchester but Andy Burnham has a lot to answer for
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This is an open-access version of my weekly column in The National, published Saturday, 27th June 2026
NEVER mind Manchesterism, I’ve long had a romance with Manchester. I’m filled with memories as we swin...
PK in The National: Are we seeing real revolt by ‘Luddite peasants’ on data centres and AI?
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This is an open-access version of my weekly column in The National, published Saturday, 20th June 2026
WHATEVER else we can say about data centres, their symbolism is awful.
All the gigantism of the indu...
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