Read on, babies!

New study suggests #bingewatching and marathon #reading may have hidden psychological benefits https://www.psypost.org/new-study-suggests-binge-watching-and-marathon-reading-may-have-hidden-psychological-benefits/

#amreading #books #stories # #psychology #socialsimulation #imaginativeinvolvement #stressmanagement

@1sabelR’s latest read on building hopeful futures that features heavily in S3 E8: Optimism!

💭 Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future by Jane McGonigal from The Institute for the Future 💖

Learn more about it in our recent pod ep! Link in replies x

#solarpunk #scicomm #hope #optimism #imaginable #socialsimulation

First Impression: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch)

This is the 203rd instalment of our first impression video series. Today, we are playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the first time.

https://www.freezenet.ca/first-impression-animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch/

#Podcast #ReviewsGames #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #game #gaming #NintendoSwitch #simulation #SocialSimulation #Switch

So happy to play "The World's Future" game 🎲 after a long time again in person at the #IMCkrems 🎓. The #students are already deep into the mechanics of our current socio-ecological system 🌎 as they struggle to define policies to keep their countries going and simultaneously have a positive impact on the #SDGs.

Find out more about the #socialsimulation ➡️ https://worldsfuture.socialsimulations.org/

#sustainability #university

@[email protected] writes about high-performance computing (#HPC) – and how the nature of #abm / #SocialSimulation research can make us 'bad' HPC users.
I wonder how many social (simulation) scientists:
- would benefit from using HPC but don't (most?);
- have access to HPC for free/cheap from their institution (some?);
- have ever used HPC at all (few?).

From a quick search in JASSS it seems that many colleagues are working with HPC. Which is a reassuring surprise. To me.
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https://rofasss.org/2022/12/14/antisoc-sim/