Apr 24 2013: This is awesome. I enjoy thinking of the possibilites that lie ahead.
I think that for a long time, employment was synonymous with doing meaningful, productive work. Those are two separate things though. If we can find a way to that "shared prosperity" Erik mentions and thereby eliminate the underlying and very real fear that loss of employment means loss of societal participation and livelihood, then there could be some widespread happiness in the making.
The more access I personally have to the great things we create, the better I feel.
Dec 20 2012: I tend to waver between two views. On the one hand, I'm happy about all the things I have and the relationships that define me and have been helping me grow. On the other hand, I shiver at a phrase like "there is a little pain to go around" (might not be an exact quote, I can't find Adam Davidson saying it right now), because it seems to vastly understate the amount and intensity of global, personal suffering that must have some sort of connection to the fiscal issues at hand.
-> Are we up trying not to fall or are we down trying to get back up?
I enjoyed the data a lot. The commonalities in opinions regarding concrete questions are surprising.
I would have appreciated a more personal approach to solution finding. 'Congress should ...' just doesn't do much for me.
Nov 27 2012: If the effect really is negative, then one alternative would be to do nothing regarding that matter. That is, unless we take into account the positive effect of the projects on the ones implementing them.
Nov 23 2012: I used to play a lot of soccer, basketball, counter strike (video action game) and strategy games (digital and non-digital). I would like to entertain a positivistic perspective for a moment; let's forget about whether or not to (let our children) play games. The statistics in the beginning of this talk or the numbers mentioned in one of Jane McGonigal's talks about the amount of time spent playing video games are mind-boggling. What are the actual abilities being developed and how can we harness them as resources?
Vastly different skillsets, high levels of commitment, creativity, teamwork, self-transcendence - amazing experiences and talent lying dormant, not being appreciated. I'm not putting my gaming experience on my resume, although it is a fundamental part of my personality.
When I hear about the positive outcomes of gaming on perception and the Stroop effect and then read in some of the comments that these specific skills somehow do not matter much, I start thinking about intelligence. Fact is that these skills are part of how we measure and thus define intelligence in this society. And I remember from my psychology studies that general mental ability is the one best predictor of work performance, as evaluated by the supervisor two years into working together, that we have according to a meta-analysis of Schmidt and Hunter (1998) (a summary is available in English for free on the internet).
I don't do much gaming any more. Personally, I would like to see the apparent gap/polarity between the "real world" and the game-world diminish. I want to be able to make use of whatever I have learned playing (video) games.
Similar to John, I understand depression as a somewhat selfish struggle to find purpose that is accompanied by a certain pattern of chemical processes. Selfish not in the way that feeling, doing or thinking anything in particular with regard to the depressed self is wrong, but that a lot of depressed thinking lacks a little perspective, that is, an accurate assessment of my own importance.
I also see depression as one way of responding to a depressing environment.
What strikes me in your post are the phrases "skeptical" and "making it all up". Skeptical about what? What are you making up? Feelings, thoughts? Or are you wondering in how far you would like to let your "depression" influence life-changing decisions? I don't know, just don't drink and drive, :D
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I think that for a long time, employment was synonymous with doing meaningful, productive work. Those are two separate things though. If we can find a way to that "shared prosperity" Erik mentions and thereby eliminate the underlying and very real fear that loss of employment means loss of societal participation and livelihood, then there could be some widespread happiness in the making.
The more access I personally have to the great things we create, the better I feel.
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-> Are we up trying not to fall or are we down trying to get back up?
I enjoyed the data a lot. The commonalities in opinions regarding concrete questions are surprising.
I would have appreciated a more personal approach to solution finding. 'Congress should ...' just doesn't do much for me.
thx for the talk :)
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A comment on Talk: Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games
Vastly different skillsets, high levels of commitment, creativity, teamwork, self-transcendence - amazing experiences and talent lying dormant, not being appreciated. I'm not putting my gaming experience on my resume, although it is a fundamental part of my personality.
When I hear about the positive outcomes of gaming on perception and the Stroop effect and then read in some of the comments that these specific skills somehow do not matter much, I start thinking about intelligence. Fact is that these skills are part of how we measure and thus define intelligence in this society. And I remember from my psychology studies that general mental ability is the one best predictor of work performance, as evaluated by the supervisor two years into working together, that we have according to a meta-analysis of Schmidt and Hunter (1998) (a summary is available in English for free on the internet).
I don't do much gaming any more. Personally, I would like to see the apparent gap/polarity between the "real world" and the game-world diminish. I want to be able to make use of whatever I have learned playing (video) games.
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Similar to John, I understand depression as a somewhat selfish struggle to find purpose that is accompanied by a certain pattern of chemical processes. Selfish not in the way that feeling, doing or thinking anything in particular with regard to the depressed self is wrong, but that a lot of depressed thinking lacks a little perspective, that is, an accurate assessment of my own importance.
I also see depression as one way of responding to a depressing environment.
What strikes me in your post are the phrases "skeptical" and "making it all up". Skeptical about what? What are you making up? Feelings, thoughts? Or are you wondering in how far you would like to let your "depression" influence life-changing decisions? I don't know, just don't drink and drive, :D
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Andi