The Lunar Men

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1. skmurphyAug 2021
   A realistic Medieval city game could do a good job of teaching key aspects of history. I learned a lot from SimCity about thinking in systems. I think well-designed games can teach quite a bit.

   It would also be an interesting challenge to model the Industrial Revolution accurately. The Civilization tech tree is a good first approximation but in reading

      "The Lunar Men" by Jenny Uglow
      "The Lever of Riches" by Joel Mokyr
      "Turning points in Western Technology by Donald Cardwell 

   you get a very different impression. This could tie in to "Science of Progress" thinking in https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-...
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2. waterlesscloudSep 2015
   Re-reading Steel Beach by John Varley. A sort of post-singularity romp from 1992.

   Politics And The Occult, by Gary Lachman. Much what it sounds like, a history of occult movements in politics.

   The Lunar Men, by Jenny Uglow. Non-fiction about the Lunar Society, a science club in 18th century England.

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