Futurist and game designer Jane McGonigal discusses emerging neurosensing technology and brain-computer interfaces with Shane Parrish.
Opinion
McGonigal: Peer-game benefits should outweigh parental discomfort over on-screen violence
“If there's a game that all your kids, friends are playing, even if it looks a little bit like, Ooh, I don't know.
It's, is there some realistic violence or not?
The benefits they get from playing the same game as their peer group.
Should outweigh whatever y…”
Assertion Supported
Jane McGonigal: Gaming over 21 hours weekly negatively impacts mental health
“21 hours a week is, like, the tipping point where we do start to see it can get in the way of physical health or mental health.”
Assertion Supported
Jane McGonigal: Kids retain study material better by gaming before studying
“If you want kids to retain what they study better, you should have them play video games first, and then do their homework, and then study before they go to sleep, because if you study first, and then as your reward, you get to play games, When you go to sleep…”
Assertion Partly supported
McGonigal: 21 Hours Weekly Is the Threshold Where Gaming Harms Health
“By the way, 21 hours a week is like the tipping point where we do start to see it can get in the way of physical health or mental health.”
Opinion
McGonigal: Traditional Schooling Damaged Children's Mental Well-Being and Motivation
“We've done long-term damage to kids' mental wellbeing and their, you know, brain's ability to, I don't know, generate self-motivate, you know, outside of these external pressures.”
Assertion Supported
Jane McGonigal: US President Has Legal Power to Shut Down Internet and Mobile Service
“Our president has the power, according to the war War Powers Act. He can shut down internet, can shut down TV and radio, can shut down mobile service.”