Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

It’s been a few years since I decided to take improvement at bridge a lot more seriously. I’ve always wanted to be a good player, but after enough games, I realized that I wanted to be more than this: Eventually, I’d love to be a great player – perhaps even a professional one. Even players…

Marc Smith visits the U.S Youth Championships We return this week for our final visit to the Michael Seamon Junior United States Bridge Championships in Atlanta. There was only one qualification spot on offer for the World Championships in Italy in the Under-16 and the Under-26 Girls categories, so it would be “Winner Takes All”.…

One of my favorite smartphone apps of all time was a simple game of Reversi that I used to play all the time a few years ago. Most games were a way to unwind as the sun set, and one thing I remember enjoying about it (other than an impressive AI) was the fact that…