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How Games Shape Our Minds with Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen

Going Mental with Eileen Kelly

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Joint Moral Outrage Porn

Becca and Willings wrote a paper about what they called moral outrage porn. They say it's when people engage with representation for immediate gratification while avoiding the costs and consequences of the real thing. Becca: I think cancel culture seems to label any kind of joint moral outrage as this bad pernicious bandwagon. "I don't think cancel culture is stupid," she says.

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