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Calum Mackervoy

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Freelance developer, agitate in co-operatives. Interested in the semantic web & in social technics. I like writing & making games, too. More info on https://calum.mackervoy.com/

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The Evolution of Trust an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other

For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend "The Evolution of Trust", a free educational game about (among other things) why soldier's truces became common early on in the trenches of the First World War:

ncase.me/trust/

I first played it years ago and it frequently comes back into my mind

03.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mann's method helps us to parse complex social relationships down from unitary β€œtotals”; destructive patterns in the happenings around us can absolutely be overcome and our reactions to circumstance are constantly reforming the social bonds that bind us

31.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sources of Social Power

At the Anti-university festival in London, one of the workshops I ran was about the Sources of Social Power, work of sociologist Michael Mann. This post walks you through it:

calum.mackervoy.com/en/2025/10/2...

31.10.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
SimPolis

Games Commons is a new way to conceive of game design. Games are driven by data published on the web, owned and managed in common (think Wikipedia).

Read more about our project here: gamescommons.com

Follow us here or join our Discord: discord.gg/sauZA3jCK7

21.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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