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Proteus Dead Inside | Castronova on Player Piano

A reflection on Vonnegut’s Player Piano Ted Castronova   The Greek god Proteus changes like the sea. He can tell the future, but only if you can capture him. This is hard to do, because Proteus can change form at will, water to serpent to tree to lion to water. Changing with context: something we all do. Game researchers talk about …