In the educational system, you start with 100% at the start of the year and every time you get something wrong, your grade goes down. You want an A? Just do twice as much, you know, and you can get the day. And it is going that way, right? We are going to have a squandable abundance of energy and water and food as we reinvent how we do these things. The social credit scoring systems that are being piloted in China seem better than authoritarian surveillance state programs because people feel like their communities are getting safer or better when there are few ways to lose points.
In this episode, Jane and Peter discuss the power of gaming, Jane’s journey to becoming an alternative reality video game designer, and the gamification of the education system.
You will learn about:
- 49:35 | Jane McGonigal's challenge for the Web3 community.
- 53:32 | Why the gaming system is better than the education system.
- 59:22 | Can game developers be nominated for a Nobel Prize?
- 1:04:01 |Taking the gaming mentality & using it to fix the world.
Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality video games crafted to improve real-world problems. She is the Director of Games Research & Development at the Institute for the Future and is best known for Inventing and Co-Founding SuperBetter. This game has helped more than 1 million players tackle health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and traumatic brain injury. Her TED Talks about gaming and longevity have over 15 million views, and she’s been named by Fast Company as one of the “Top 100 Creative People in Business.”
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Resources
Urgent Optimists - an Institute for the Future community, urgentoptimists.org
Buy her book, Imaginable - https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/imaginable
Levels: Real-time feedback on how diet impacts your health. levels.link/peter
Consider a journey to optimize your body with LifeForce.
Learn more about Abundance360.
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