How to Know What's Real: How to Win at Real Life

How to Know What’s Real

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Education, Self-improvement, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Games can serve as an escape from reality—but they can also shape our understanding of trust, collaboration, and what might be possible IRL. Megan Garber talks with C. Thi Nguyen, an associate philosophy professor at the University of Utah, to better understand how games can help us safely explore our current reality and shape new realities, too. Write to us at [email protected]. Music by Forever Sunset (“Spring Dance”), baegel (“Cyber Wham”), Etienne Roussel (“Twilight”), Dip Diet (“Sidelined”), Ben Elson (“Darkwave”), and Rob Smierciak (“Whistle Jazz”). How to Know What's Real is produced by Natalie Brennan. Our editors are Claudine Ebeid and Jocelyn Frank. Fact-check by Ena Alvarado. Our engineer is Rob Smierciak. The executive producer of audio is Claudine Ebeid, and the managing editor of audio is Andrea Valdez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do we really need another computer?
0:02.0	One that's faster, more powerful.
0:04.0	Not everyone does.
0:05.0	But to reinvent music using a neural processor,
0:08.0	work off the grid with all-day battery,
0:10.0	or bring your vision to life with AI-powered co-creator,
0:12.0	then a copilot plus PC can make a difference.
0:15.0	A powerful AI computer is not for everyone.
0:18.0	But if you're trying to change the world,
0:20.0	even if just your own, we built one for you.
0:22.6	Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs powered by Snapchat, the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever.
0:27.6	Bachelor life varies with usage and settings.
0:30.6	What makes a hero?
0:31.6	Fearlessness in the face of danger?
0:33.6	Hair that's perfect after flying through a burning building?
0:36.6	Colorful tights? Or is it making everything possible? of danger? Hair that's perfect after flying through a burning building?
0:38.7	Colorful tights?
0:41.5	Or is it making everything possible?
0:44.1	Working tirelessly to make the financial year end.
0:47.6	No thought for anything but the success of your clients.
0:48.6	Yes!
0:53.1	The hero is you, accountants and bookkeepers everywhere.
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