Another Guardian Comment Is Free post from me - a bit impressionistic, subjective and not that analytical, about something maybe abroad in the culture, but certainly in my own life, called the New Seriousness. I agree with Acid Jazz's comments below - this isn't about abandoning playfulness, but deepening it, and making a more ethical use of the powerful interactive toys that suffuse our lives at the moment.
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