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In Motion: On the Emptiness of Progress
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In Motion: On the Emptiness of Progress

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PopMatters Staff
/ 9 February 2016
Nils Pihl calls it, "Newtonian engagement", that is, when "an engaged player will remain engaged until acted upon by an outside force". That's "progress".
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Big B: Fool’s Gold

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/ 3 October 2013
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Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton

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/ 8 April 2010
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Mortal Coil by David Boyd Haycock

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Their Dogs Came With Them by Helena Maria Viramontes

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PopMatters Staff
/ 8 July 2007
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Rx Bandits: Progress

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 16 July 2001

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