{"576601":{"#nid":"576601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How to Use Fun to Find Meaning in Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication,\u0026nbsp;was interviewed in \u0026quot;How to Use Fun to Find Meaning in Life\u0026quot; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;about his new book, \u003Cem\u003EPlay Anything\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost is really into\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ethings.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;He\u0026rsquo;s been my colleague for the three years I\u0026rsquo;ve worked at\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/em\u003E, and in that time, there have been a lot of chats in our work Slack-room about video games and Soylent and Tab and typewriters and the new iPhone\u0026rsquo;s missing headphone jack. He also edits\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca data-omni-click=\u0022r\u0027article\u0027,r\u0027link\u0027,r\u00270\u0027,r\u0027499805\u0027\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/objectsobjectsobjects.com\/\u0022\u003EObject Lessons\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, a series that goes super in-depth on the history and meaning of things, like\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-omni-click=\u0022r\u0027article\u0027,r\u0027link\u0027,r\u00271\u0027,r\u0027499805\u0027\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/06\/the-military-origins-of-the-cardigan\/488252\/\u0022\u003Ecardigans\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-omni-click=\u0022r\u0027article\u0027,r\u0027link\u0027,r\u00272\u0027,r\u0027499805\u0027\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/03\/history-of-the-meatball\/475083\/\u0022\u003Emeatballs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo it\u0026rsquo;s not surprising to those who know him that his newest book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca data-omni-click=\u0022r\u0027article\u0027,r\u0027link\u0027,r\u00273\u0027,r\u0027499805\u0027\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780465051724\u0022\u003EPlay Anything\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003Eis mostly about stuff, all the stuff that makes up the world, from the duct tape at Walmart with the boys of One Direction printed on it to his lawnmower. (He talks about his lawnmower a lot.) By paying attention to this stuff instead of just dismissing it, we can find meaning, he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/09\/how-to-use-fun-to-find-meaning-in-life\/499805\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-09-14 12:31:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:22","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/09\/how-to-use-fun-to-find-meaning-in-life\/499805\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}