Edward Castronova

Sep 1, 2024 | laphamsquarterly.org | Edward Castronova |Jack Weatherford |Alex Cuadros

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses. —Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you’re bourgeois, money is it. It’s all the questions and all the answers. Ain’t no E-flat or color blue, only $12.98 or $1,000. If it isn’t money, it isn’t nothing.

Apr 22, 2024 | laphamsquarterly.org | Edward Castronova |Jackson Lears

The Campaigns of Alexander, c. 145 At Troy, Alexander’s sailing master, Menoetius, crowned him with gold. Hephaestion laid a wreath on the tomb of Patroclus; Alexander laid one on the tomb of Achilles, calling him a lucky man, in that he had Homer to proclaim his deeds and preserve his memory.

Apr 19, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Edward Castronova

Have you ever heard of the "2/3 Game"? A large group of people is told to guess a number between 0 and 100 and write it on a piece of paper. No talking; no looking at other people's guesses. The people are then told that their papers will handed in, and the average of the guesses will be calculated. A prize will be given to the person whose guess is closest to 2/3 of this average. The 2/3 game has been researched a lot, and I run it in my classes all the time. The winning guess is always the same.