The Challenge of Responding to the Problems of the Modern World

"I think intellectual history is really important. I think ideas are really important," he says. "But in their own twisted, defective way, a lot of these guys at least think they're trying to respond to the problems of the modern world and some of the ways in which we feel like we're missing something." He argues that LARP pretends there's an online solution for all our  problems but actually tries to shore up civil society around you by getting involved with your local city council or state legislature. 'Life properly understood can be an adventure,' he adds. "'It would be foolish' not to take advantage of this incredible federalist architecture,'" writes John Perry Barlow