Game-developer Jane McGonigal first got my attention several years ago with a talk she gave at the SXSW conference on how game developers can induce happiness, and how games are happiness machines. She pointed out the four things that lead to happiness:
- Satisfying work;
- Being good at something;
- Spending time with people we like; and
- Having the chance to be part of something bigger.
In this video she talks about recovering from a head injury, how she used her game-development skills to enhance her recovery from an all-too-common suicidal depression, and how the stuff she learned changed her life, and can change ours. She does the research and applies it to her life and work, which, to me, increases the quality of her presentation. And she's got a great look.
Check out the video (if you're on an alternate device, here's the original TED page), and you may know better why you like to do some of the things you like to do. And you may change the way you live your life. (Now I know better why I like group rides so much, and why, for me, amicitia quam celeritate is better than Strava*.)
*OK, there's a little bike stuff in this post.
No comments:
Post a Comment