The Ungoverned Country: Tolkien's Shire And The Structure Of Power Was the Shire Tolkien's anarchist utopia? A close reading of his letters and The Lord of the Rings through Kropotkin, Graeber, and James C. Scott.
Metal Gear and the Dream Logic That Changed Games Forever Hideo Kojima didn't make strange games by accident. He made them on purpose - and understanding why changes how you see everything he's ever built.
Thinking about work A New York Times article about workers having to return to the office made me think about work culture.