I just delight in cataloging those human failings, and being confronted with the message "SO EXPLOIT THEM, ALREADY!" resonates strongly with me.
Like, as a for instance, we spend more on the lottery than we do on tons of other stuff combined. [1]
And sure, that's neat, it helps pay for some things in states... But that's ridiculously harmful to those who can least afford it.
Well, how about if we figure out how to do some good?
On FB right now I'm kibitzing with some of my educator friends about trying to gamify education more. Original thought, right? :) But really, this is what we're doing. Exploiting human faults, and trying to do good with them. Humans like semi-varied reward schedules. So, exploit that, and teach them. What other human flaws can we exploit? =D
I just delight in cataloging those human failings, and being confronted with the message "SO EXPLOIT THEM, ALREADY!" resonates strongly with me.
Like, as a for instance, we spend more on the lottery than we do on tons of other stuff combined. [1]
And sure, that's neat, it helps pay for some things in states... But that's ridiculously harmful to those who can least afford it.
Well, how about if we figure out how to do some good?
On FB right now I'm kibitzing with some of my educator friends about trying to gamify education more. Original thought, right? :) But really, this is what we're doing. Exploiting human faults, and trying to do good with them. Humans like semi-varied reward schedules. So, exploit that, and teach them. What other human flaws can we exploit? =D
[1] http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/11/news/companies/lottery-spend...