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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Talk Video | TED.com - 7 views

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So, the first thing is whenever you show up in one of these online games, especially in World of Warcraft, there are lots and lots of different characters who are willing to trust you with a world-saving mission, right away.
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  Why do you think this is? Is it your experience that everyone you work with is ready to trust your expertise and help you? Why would it be any different in gaming?
  
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Malcolm Gladwell's new book "Outliers." So, you would have heard of his theory of success, the 10,000 hour theory of success. It's based on this great cognitive science research that if we can master 10,000 hours of effortful study
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  Do you have any skill in your life that you have had 10,000 hours of practice in? Do you feel you've achieved a level of mastery in it? Why or why not?
  
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we will be virtuosos at it.
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And gamers are willing to work hard all the time, if they're given the right work.
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If we want to solve problems like hunger, poverty, climate change, global conflict, obesity, I believe that we need to aspire to play games online for at least 21 billion hours a week, by the end of the next decade.
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  Do you believe there can be an actual transfer of "game skills" to "real world" living?
  
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vasquezgonzalezv on 12 Jun 14

Gamification in education is a hot topic right now. This is the transcript of a recent TEDtalk.

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