How Games Shape Our Minds with Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen

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Eileen Kelly

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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C.Thi Nguyen, Ph.D. is a philosophy professor at the University of Utah and author of the book Games: Agency as Art, which was awarded the American Philosophical Association’s Book Prize. His work examines games as an art form —specifically, their role in communicating different forms of societal agency. He and Eileen discuss how our social structures and technologies shape how we think and what we value, including everything from games, social media, porn and echo chambers.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.1	Welcome to Going Mental. This is your host,
0:06.5	Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face,
0:10.4	but don't always talk about. On the show, not only will I be sharing more about my own
0:14.9	anxiety as in depression but I'm also going to be talking to a wide range of guests about their
0:19.6	own mental health journeys along with professionals we're going to help educate you and
0:23.8	me on the ins and outs of mental illness. Can't wait for you to hear what's in
0:27.8	store. On today's episode I'm joined by philosopher CT Nguyen. He received his
0:39.0	doctorate and philosophy from UCLA and has published his research in top-tier journals including
0:44.2	Mind the Journal of Ethics in Social Philosophy and Philosophical Studies.
0:47.7	He has also contributed articles to the New York Times, the New Statesman, and the
0:51.5	Boston Review.
0:52.8	He is currently a philosophy professor at the University of Utah,
0:55.9	and author of the book Games Agency as Art,
0:59.8	which was awarded the American Philosophical Association's book prize.
1:04.5	His writings examine topics of trust, expertise, group agency, community, our cultural appropriation,
1:12.0	aesthetic value, echo chambers,
1:14.0	moral outrage, porn, and of course, games.
1:19.0	I'm very excited to have you here.
1:22.0	Can you introduce yourself, please? I'm C. Tinuin, I'm associate professor of philosophy at University of Utah. Do you want more about what I do? Is that enough?
1:31.0	No, I mean, yeah, do you want to go right into describing what you do?
1:34.3	I think that's great.
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