Comments on: Standing on the verge of an epic win: can gaming make the world a better place? http://futurismic.com/2010/03/18/standing-on-the-verge-of-an-epic-win-can-gaming-make-the-world-a-better-place/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2010/03/18/standing-on-the-verge-of-an-epic-win-can-gaming-make-the-world-a-better-place/comment-page-1/#comment-127986 Paul Raven Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:31:29 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10731#comment-127986 I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that's Brian Eno's definition of culture... I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure that’s Brian Eno’s definition of culture…

]]> By: Stephen J. http://futurismic.com/2010/03/18/standing-on-the-verge-of-an-epic-win-can-gaming-make-the-world-a-better-place/comment-page-1/#comment-127873 Stephen J. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:01:17 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10731#comment-127873 "...we need a science of making people do things because they are fun...." Isn't the defining condition of "fun" something that nobody is making you do? “…we need a science of making people do things because they are fun….”

Isn’t the defining condition of “fun” something that nobody is making you do?

]]> By: Sarah Ennals http://futurismic.com/2010/03/18/standing-on-the-verge-of-an-epic-win-can-gaming-make-the-world-a-better-place/comment-page-1/#comment-87753 Sarah Ennals Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:51:01 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10731#comment-87753 "Spoonfulsucrosity?" “Spoonfulsucrosity?”

]]> By: khannea http://futurismic.com/2010/03/18/standing-on-the-verge-of-an-epic-win-can-gaming-make-the-world-a-better-place/comment-page-1/#comment-87190 khannea Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:43:57 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10731#comment-87190 I call ther emergence of a developmental field to be named 'motivationism' or 'volitionacceleration' or 'funology'. In short - we need a science of making people do things because they are fun, rather than have people do things because if they don't we'll bankrupt/torture/imprison/exclude/humuliate them. Seriously. I call ther emergence of a developmental field to be named ‘motivationism’ or ‘volitionacceleration’ or ‘funology’. In short – we need a science of making people do things because they are fun, rather than have people do things because if they don’t we’ll bankrupt/torture/imprison/exclude/humuliate them. Seriously.

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