Whether you’re contemplating an abstract art piece, watching a movie, reading a book or staring at a short-form video of young women jumping up and down, you probably spend a lot of your free time engaging with media, talking about it and sharing it.

If you’re spending all this time injecting media straight into your brain, I’d argue that it would be worthwhile to improve your ability to critically think about the media you experience.

A list of freak games, in randomized order, released in 2025 that I played and enjoyed.

A cozy speculative fiction novella featuring a sad human and, eventually, a happy robot going on an adventure of self and mutual discovery through the philosophical dialogues they have with each other along the way.

A philosopher’s musings on Joseph Jacotot’s experience in the 18th century with teaching students by being “ignorant” and equal to his students rather than being a gatekeeper of knowledge constantly moving goalposts to remain one step ahead the students and, in doing so, remain above them hierarchically.

A deep dive into various kinds of gambling in the UK and how its changed (mostly becoming more deregulated and more tech-enabled) over time.