'Shooters' in a US aircraift carrier doing 'point and call', showing you can have fun and be safe at the same time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFqlwAWuMTg
It's a choreographed checklist, which is great because others can notice if you miss anything.
From the script of The Mother of all Demos (its 50th anniversary noted elsewhere in HN)[1]:
"...the general approach for us, empirical but pursuing this monstrous goal, monstrously difficult to like building and trying empirically, and we’re approaching it evolutionary-wise because we feel that it’s a whole system problem, you need to get a person in that environment, working and looking at the many aspects of his working system that are involved in his effectiveness. That’s many more things than just these computerated tools. And in a large system like that, we need to do it evolutionary-wise because we can’t be analytic enough about it at any one point, to decide what best our next thing should be. We can only decide from here as well as we can analyze it, where we can invest our next resources to get the most return that will increase of the effectiveness of the system we have and this item down here is the term boot-strapping applied in a slightly loose sense. We’re applying that to our approach".
Conversa is a conversational and ideation tool using board game dynamics that we've developed:
http://lifeandeverything.net/
By scaffolding good conversations, it helps a group learn _from each other_ as well as _how to converse_. Through our trials, I've been delighted to see how well it works with families. I've learnt much about my children's thinking and feelings.
A bit more info:
We believe two things are needed to bring together differing groups into fruitful dialogue. Firstly, a set of clear, explicit, and strict rules that everyone submits to (regardless of existing power structures). Secondly, a relaxed, playful and fun context. These two seem in tension, and yet we integrate them all the time - with games.
Conversa is a tabletop game that helps a group talk about the big things in life in a way that's real, safe, and fun. It's an ideation and conversational scaffold that uses game dynamics to create the right amount of structure to let conversations flourish. It was designed by award-winning game designer, Tim Roediger, from an original concept by Martin Olmos.
Conversa is the anti-Facebook experience. Players meet in person, facing each other rather than their screens. They share an intimate time where it's 'just us', with no wider audience watching or judging. They respond to a prompt creatively, from a limited set of image cards. They get to see each other smile, hear each other chuckle, while tasting a shared drink. Each gets a turn without being shouted down, although no one has to say more than they want to. It's a real game, with a score and a winner. But there's a twist - the points go to the player who opens opportunities for others to speak up. Rather than insults, the outcome is conversation that builds relationships with listening, learning, and laughing.
We are exploring paths to market. We are also exploring ways for larger groups (50-200) to use the game (e.g. company conferences, strategy development).
Interesting, I'm curious about the Netflix model for books, especially if it involved a nice space where you might connect with others, and where you might also make your own library available. Many enjoy reading physical books, but storage is a problem. What would a 'gym for your mind' with a subscription model look like?
If you put the best bits of a café, a library, and a gym into a blender, what might come out?
BTW, typo in your third slide, 'receive' not 'recieve'.
I like where your thoughts are, there is a version of this combination where I live, where most large bookstores will partner with Starbucks and have a cafe in-house. I sometimes buy a coffee just to sit for a while and read.
If I can validate the demand-side, the next step could be to allow users to rent their own libraries to increase the variety available.
I just created a new location on my MacBook's network settings, called it 'getitdoneland', and removed all the network services from it. Now my laptop has an 'airplane mode'. Thankfully, it takes just enough seconds for connectivity to return when I switch back to my regular location that I think I'll be dissuaded from distraction. Friction is good sometimes.
Back to work...
