The Moonshots of Gaming and the World's Biggest Problems

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The amount of cognitive surplus that goes into gameplay is massive, right? Just around the world, I don't feel we'll have any idea of the amount. My personal moonshot for applying the creativity and collective intelligence of gamers to real-world problems is to have something like a Super Bowl Sunday where once a year there is a game that drops related to a real crisis or challenge That we might face.

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

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