Seth Priebatsch: Building the game layer on top of the world

http://www.ted.com By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web -- building a "social layer" on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston, Seth Priebatsch looks at the next layer in progress: the "game layer," a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.

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[DynamicDeclan]

Dan Brown?

[Shnimberz]

What he said about Digg that the leaderboard got to the point where the top 7 helped each other out even at the expense of good news just so they can keep their positions is the way out system works today. These top corporations and politicians will group up and help each other even at the expense of the people so that they can stay at the top no mater what. What do you guys think? 

[samala51]

interesting talk

[Jack Wahlquist]

I say I'm glad to see intelligence in politics spreading =)

You sound anti-statist, or pro-free market, and I say this in a positive way.

[handfullocheez]

i agree with this..but what can ya do

[Jack Wahlquist]

Turning life into a game is quite depressing to me. I'm excited by the work ahead of me. This is certainly a personal opinion, but on the broader level I stand by my original comment. If, on a personal level, other people cope and adapt to life by making it into a game, good for them. It just doesn't seem to be a good idea for a TEDtalk or a massive presentation, in fact it seems to be ass-backwards.

[jsspecialist]

you missed the point. everything is rewards-based. "triumph" and "feels fantastic" is a reward. the "game layer" is about harnessing whatever it is that motivates people. in a game there is a constant reward, wether intrinsic or material. and you're supposed to apply that to your trainings or work environment.

[Cosmic Rob]

I'm not a conspiracy nut, but i dont trust my government enough to even like them thinking about this. There are other social and "political" problems that need to desperately be taken care of before we start having "fun".

This type of enviornment does not encourage the quest of life, the gain of true, factual knowledge, wisdom or awareness; it addicts people to reward response and makes them *want* to deny their humanity. (What ever that is.)

At least the psychic worms of rigel 9 love us. <3

[nave43]

If the human populas ever gets dumb enough to let something like this happen ... We will have officially lost the last of the human rights we now cling too ...

[DeaddudeRS]

And thus the internet continues to grow stronger and more powerful...

[Max Email]

TED Sucks ass haha

[Jack Wahlquist]

His system is reward-based, which does not work because people get bored and spoiled on rewards. We should be motivating people to take part in what really interests them, and show them how other topics are also interesting. Further more, it seems like he is creating a facade, putting a cover of a "game" over hard work so the masses of game addicts will want to go through with this. Nothing worth having ever comes easy, and triumph only feels fantastic if you worked damn hard for it.