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Of course, most Slow Foodies aren't arguing that we should eat only organic arugula. In its broadest sense, the movement is trying to get people to stop and really think about what's on their plate and how it got there. In the end, Slow Food is more interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Slow Food Feed the World? | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Will Wright is that rarest of creatures, a true intellectual omnivore. He is literally interested in everything. Based on his conversation, he might be a molecular biologist or an economist. In fact, he designs video games for a living. Wright is the inventor of The Sims, the revolutionary game in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spore: The Sims Plays God | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

The opening act of Spore shows a comet crashing into Earth bearing organic material from outer space. This represents an actual hypothesis of how life on Earth began, called panspermia, which Wright considers to be fairly plausible. (He describes himself as "definitely an atheist. Well, agnostic atheist maybe.") But that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spore: The Sims Plays God | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

In The Sims, people told stories about their private lives. Spore should lend itself to very different kinds of narratives. "I think Spore is going to be closer to Tolkien or Lucas or Kubrick," Wright says, "in terms of these very epic stories about the meaning of life and its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spore: The Sims Plays God | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Examining which of their search results Internet users click on provides additional clues on searchers' intent. Of those searching for information on the Republican Veep candidate, 28.5% continued on to reference websites such as Wikipedia, indicating that a large portion of searchers were either interested in finding out general information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for Sarah Palin's 'Hot Photos' | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

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