5. Goal = 20+ Billion Hours a Week
More of this = Safe
6. Reality is not engineered to maximize
potential
To fix the “broken” reality we need to live
reality like we
PLAY GAMES
7. “We are the gods and might as well get good
at it.”
8.
9. Taking a long view
Ecosystems Thinking
Pilot Experimentation
10. Instead of seizing the day…seize the century!
Look to the future and do not live solely in
the present.
11.
12. For gamers: What will bring me the highest
score?
In Real life: What will be the best solution to
real-world problem?
13. Question?
◦ What current commercial game contribute to “whole
earth discipline”?
Answer:
◦ Not many...yet…but there is a start…
14.
15. Video games do just that…
◦ Cars “amplify” our legs and houses “amplify” our
skin, video games amplify our imagination.
16. “Reality
is stuck in the present.
Games help us imagine and invent
the future together”
17. Games that make the imaginary gaming
world a reality – you are the character within
the game.
32 Days = over 62,000 participants from
around the world
Examples: WWO, Superstruct and Evoke
18. A World Without Oil: Play it Before You Live It
“The best way to change the future is to play with it first.”
20. Play on gamers!
McGonigal, Jane. Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change
the World. New York, New York: Penguin Press, 2011. Print