rumor -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _


education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)


... even though the influence of religion is waning in some place, people are learning other ways to outsource self-control ... -- ... to friends, and to smartphones, to web sites that monitor behavior and enforce bets, to neighbours meeting in (church) basements and to social networks, linked electronically ...

... ... ... brain(s) engine(s) script(s) create(s) narrative(s) impact(s) closure(s) ... ... ...

life(s) / narrative(s) / reflect(s) / fight(s) / willpower

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ