VMworld 2014/General Session - Thursday

Jane McGonigal
Massively multi player thumb wrestling

10 positive emotions received from gaming

"The opposite of play isn't work - it's depression"


 * Jane McGonigal: Massively multi-player... thumb-wrestling? - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsG-NgmleA
 * Jane McGonigal: Massively multi-player… thumb-wrestling? | Talk Video | TED.com - https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_massively_multi_player_thumb_wrestling
 * http://www.monochrom.at/daumen/index-eng.htm

Book: Reality is Broken

Human Augmented Intelligence
freestyle cheese

48 teams: no rules

headless (all computers) - centaurs (computer over watched)

winner: "Zack S" - computer (2 human, 3 computers) - augmented intelligence

Augmented intelligence
 * dimensionality: mathematics - visulization

Experts: intuition

Precuneus - pattern matching portion of the brain

Caudate Nucleus - learned respones functions (hot and cold switch)

Visual Cortex -> Precuneus -> Caudate Nucleus

Takes 10,000+ hours to rewire brain for this - practice practice practice

software to shortcut: Quid