6 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
The world's largest online chess platform — surging to 100+ million members after The Queen's Gambit Netflix series — providing games, puzzles, analysis, and tournaments.
American political streamer (Steven Kenneth Bonnell II) who built one of the largest political debate streaming audiences — known for his willingness to debate people across the political spectrum and his empirically aggressive debate style.
Jensen Huang's Santa Clara semiconductor company — creator of the GPU and CUDA platform — the company whose chips power virtually all AI model training — briefly became the most valuable company in the world in 2024.
Sony's gaming division and the PlayStation platform — launched in 1994 — which became the dominant home gaming console, selling 500M+ units across all PlayStation generations, and which was Nvidia's early development partner for 3D graphics technology.
Game designer who created the Ultima RPG series (Ultima I through Ultima IX) and became one of the first private space tourists — spending 12 days on the International Space Station in 2008.
Richard Garriott's autobiography — covering the creation of the Ultima series, the founding of Origin Systems, and his space tourism adventure.