The Best of Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
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🚨 I ALMOST NEVER USE THIS SITE ANYMORE 🚨 Adventures With Anxiety We Become What We Behold The Evolution of Trust Explorable Explanations
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase on Data Visualization
Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
How I Make Explorable Explanations
You want to share a powerful idea – an idea that could really enrich the lives of whoever you gift it to! But communication is hard. So how do you share an idea, in such a way that makes sure the…
«“What makes [traditional teaching] so ineffective is that it answers questions the student hasn’t thought to ask. [...] You have to help them love the questions.”»
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase on Gamification
Parable of the Polygons
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase on Media
I Do And I Understand
Okay, Confucius probably wasn't talking about videogames. Still, you don't learn how to ride a bike from a lecture. You get on that bike, fall down, and learn from your mistakes. You don't learn how…
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase on Memory
How To Remember Anything Forever-ish
an interactive comic on the art & science of memory
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase on Trust
The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
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Take Your Time
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” ~ Parkinson's Law I hate dystopian stories. And yes, I've read them. All of them. Why not? I have the time. God, I can't even…
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