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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…”
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.”
McGonigal: People Must Trust Expert Systems Rather Than Rely On Intuition
“We probably shouldn't think for ourselves is, is part of the problem. I mean, we do, we need to have trust. There needs to be trust in some expert or external system. I mean, if you're always just sort of trusting what you think, your brain is going to get you…”
McGonigal: Corporate Gamification Manipulates Users Against Their Own Interests
“When we talk about gamification, usually what we're talking about are people who are, you know, Being, being motivated to do something they don't want to do. Whether it's like work, work harder, buy more stuff, pay longer attention, or engage more in something…”