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The commodification of children's play and the enclosure of baseball by capitalism
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The commodification of children's play and the enclosure of baseball by capitalism

Here is the first in a series of substack articles that will analyze the human built environment through the lens of cognitive science, ecology and thermodynamics, felt experience, and enclosure of the commons. In this article I discuss the experience of the contemporary suburban baseball complex versus the archetypal neighborhood field or sandlot. The transition is largely driven by the same capitalist logic that attempts to enclose and commodify most experience.

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u/anthony_lackey — 7 days ago