The Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

105 points by EA-3167 1 month ago | 34 comments

MIT Press Reader article on the history of Tetris, covering disputes over its mathematical origins, erased collaborators, offshore money, and copyright control.

How Pac-Man Revolutionized Gaming (2020)(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

5 points by benbreen 1 year ago | 0 comments

The impact of Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's path to anarchism(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

62 points by anarbadalov 2 years ago | 150 comments

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt](thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

664 points by the-mitr 5 months ago | 224 comments

MIT Press Reader book excerpt recounting how whistleblower Mark Klein gave the EFF evidence of the NSA's secret AT&T wiretapping facility, Room 641A.

The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

253 points by prismatic 5 months ago | 122 comments

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist czechoslovakia(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

109 points by anarbadalov 2 years ago | 59 comments