For a change of pace in this week's Longreads newsletter, we're recommending you take a short walk with Paul Ford and his 11-year-old son, who recently said he wants to be a video game streamer. In Ford's recollection of the conversation that followed—which may not be entirely faithful to reality—he grew a Socratic beard and engaged his beloved offspring in a thoughtful dialog about brand relationships, transaction monetization, undersea server farms, the future of machine learning, Luigi's Mansion 3, and the crucial question that any streamer must confront: Are you Face or are you Hands? —Anthony Lydgate | Features Editor
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