Hi, I'm Joel from the New York Times games team, and I'm out here talking to people about games.
What's your favorite game?
The Mini.
Connections.
Dirt Cross Fight.
Strands.
What's your vibe when you're playing one of our games?
It makes me feel like I'm procrastinating in a really productive way.
It just scratches an itch in my brain.
All of these games are so fun because it's like a little five to ten minute break.
I love these games, yeah.
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From the New York Times, this is the interview.
I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.
Most academics do not become global celebrities.
But in 2010, Brene Brown, a longtime professor of social work at the University of Houston,
gave a TEDx talk about her research on shame,
empathy, and courage called The Power of Vulnerability.
In it, she made the case for why people should get comfortable with being uncomfortable,
and it turned her life upside down.