In 1984, a Soviet computer engineer and his clinical psychologist friend created a new game called Tetris. That set off a legal battle fit for a spy novel. In the end, one of the friends achieved fame and friendship; the other lost his life in a gruesome death. For lawyers, the distinction shows how our habits of mind make us ill-prepared for the internet's "new socialism”.

 

Episode Resources

• Connect with Mike Whelan 
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• https://www.lawyerforward.com/
• The Lawyer Forward Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/596484970450737/ 
• The BBC's documentary Tetris: From Russia With Love: https://youtu.be/NhwNTo_Yr3k 
• "What Makes Lawyers Happy?" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2398989