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There comes a point at which the level of joy that someone sees in the world becomes infectious. A juncture at which those privy to such positive energy become willing to suspend, at least for a moment, the hard-wired doubt and disbelief embedded within all of us.
Jane McGonigall is one of those people.
In a legendary 2010 TED talk, her game changing perspective envisioned us all as the heroes of our own narratives — just like in video games. From this vantage, we are able to harness the basic paradigms (ethos and philosophies) of gaming culture to foster incredible changes.
“When we’re in game worlds, [we] become the best version of ourselves, the most likely to help at a moment’s notice, the most likely to stick with a problem as long as it takes, to get up after failure and try again.” ~ Jane McGonigal, Gaming Can Make A Better World
Renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell describes a hero as someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.