deea // supermagnet

"It seemed to me that both science and religion as systems were very good at explaining a lot, accounting for a lot of the information that we have in our environment," she said. "But if they are both ultimate explanations, at some point they have to conflict with each another because they can't possibly both explain everything."

"Without doubt consumer spending has been hit … you’d have to be an idiot not to realise that … however we believe it’s more a case of the redistribution of spend than the complete reduction of it.
In places like Hong Kong, the culture is seemingly hot-wired to spend … so whilst there are a few there who have morphed into the ultimate frugal machine … the majority are still seeking out emotional ‘highs’ from material acquisition each and every day."

"Gamers haven’t just mastered in-game communication, though. they’ve also learned how to organise and manage large groups of people to get playing. You see this a lot in clan and especially MMO guild management. It takes a lot of effort to keep a large group of people motivated to play a game, and to encourage them, and to get them to actually turn up on time and in enough numbers to make running an instance or raid worthwhile. It becomes a kind of management, and it’s something that employers are taking notice of."