What if game franchise iterations never died, but kept growing smarter—like Python versions coexisting?
Discover why treating game IPs as forever platforms could be a win for players and publishers alike.
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educationZEN🎮 Game IPs as Forever Platforms: Learning from Python, Not Disney
Even the non–live service ones. Yes, even the ones that never call themselves “platforms.”
Let’s list the signs:
And yet: every few years, these...
Invitation! Teaching and Learning Degrowth: A conversation on the Routledge Handbook of Degrowth. Join Anitra Nelson, Ethemcan Turhan
As creation gets democratized, capital cries "deprofessionalization!" But are all those meta-roles in corporations really serving us — or just maintaining power structures? Let’s rethink what overhead ought to be in a world where anyone can build.
Do you know other privately held near-monopolies that resist the corporate drift?
The SPIEGEL piece begs a deeper rethink:
Can care, learning, community count as “real work”?
Can we rebalance labor across lives + generations?
Can we move past growth as the central goal?
Work Less, Blame More?
Archived (no paywall): 
It starts with a simple observation: Germany works a lot—but not long. High participation, short hours. Why? What does that say about us?
Commons, Not Conglomerates
Proprietary IP → high tax
Permissive FLOSS → moderate tax
Copyleft/commons → near-zero tax + public support
Inheritance is where private accumulation meets public consequence.
Value is co-created. Let it circulate.
What if taxes weren’t just burdens — but the steering wheel of the future?
What if our future economy was a global workshop — open, resilient, and built on shared knowledge?
What if the Unimog had stayed in the commons?
From gig to give.
Technology was supposed to free us.
Instead, we got burnout, busywork, and gig apps.
Is medicine a healing or a dealing profession?—When profit drives treatment, care becomes a collateral | 