Digital Playground Spirits |link| Jun 2026

Humanity has a long history of animism—the belief that objects and places possess a spiritual essence. As we spend more time in virtual realms, we naturally extend this to our software.

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If we accept the existence of digital spirits, what implications does this have for our understanding of the digital world? Here are a few possibilities: digital playground spirits

The arcade was a graveyard of neon and dust, tucked away in the basement of a mall that time had forgotten. It smelled of ozone, old carpet, and the specific, sharp tang of overheating plastic. Humanity has a long history of animism—the belief