正在重温 John Varley 的《Steel Beach》。一本 1992 年出的后奇点（post-singularity）题材狂想小说。还有 Gary Lachman 的《Politics And The Occult》，书如其名，讲的是政治运动中神秘主义的历史。Jenny Uglow 的《The Lunar Men》，非虚构类，讲的是 18 世纪英国的一个科学俱乐部——月光社（Lunar Society）。
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.
……游戏能教人不少东西。如果能把工业革命精准地建模出来，那也会是个很有趣的挑战。《文明》的科技树算是一个不错的初步近似，但要是读了 Jenny Uglow 的《The Lunar Men》、Joel Mokyr 的《The Lever of Riches》以及 Donald Cardwell 的《Turning points in Western Technology》，你就会得出完全不同的印象。这其实可以跟“进步科学”（Science of Progress）的思路结合起来……
…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…
正在重温 John Varley 的《Steel Beach》。一本 1992 年出的后奇点（post-singularity）题材狂想小说。还有 Gary Lachman 的《Politics And The Occult》，书如其名，讲的是政治运动中神秘主义的历史。Jenny Uglow 的《The Lunar Men》，非虚构类，讲的是 18 世纪英国的一个科学俱乐部——月光社（Lunar Society）。
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.
……游戏能教人不少东西。如果能把工业革命精准地建模出来，那也会是个很有趣的挑战。《文明》的科技树算是一个不错的初步近似，但要是读了 Jenny Uglow 的《The Lunar Men》、Joel Mokyr 的《The Lever of Riches》以及 Donald Cardwell 的《Turning points in Western Technology》，你就会得出完全不同的印象。这其实可以跟“进步科学”（Science of Progress）的思路结合起来……
…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…