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1. "Nesse's research focuses on the evolutionary origins of depression. Why does depression exist at all? If it's stayed in our gene pool for so long, he argues, there must be some evolutionary benefit. Nesse believes that depression may be an adaptive mechanism meant to prevent us from falling victim to blind optimism—and squandering resources on the wrong goals.11 It's to our evolutionary advantage not to waste time and energy on goals we can't realistically achieve. And so when we have no clear way to make productive progress, our neurological systems default to a state of low energy..." ~ Jane McGonigal
2. "No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness—by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.15" ~ Jane McGonigal
3. "Over the next generation or two, ever larger numbers of people, hundreds of millions, will become immersed in virtual worlds and online games. While we are playing, things we used to do on the outside, in "reality," won't be happening anymore, or won't be happening in the same way. You can't pull millions of person-hours out of a society without creating an atmospheric-level event." ~ Jane McGonigal
4. "young adults in China who have spent so much play money, or "QQ coins," on magical swords and other powerful game objects that the People's Bank of China intervened to prevent the devaluation of the yuan, China's real-world currency.2" ~ Jane McGonigal
5. "Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it." ~ Jane McGonigal
6. "When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.' page 21" ~ Jane McGonigal
7. "It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5" ~ Jane McGonigal
8. "If you are a gamer, it's time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest." ~ Jane McGonigal
9. "I want gaming to be something that everybody does, because they understand that games can be a real solution to problems and a real source of happiness. I want games to be something everybody learns how to design and develop, because they understand that games are a real platform for change and getting things done. And I want families, schools, companies, industries, cities, countries, and the whole world to come together to play them, because we're finally making games that tackle real dilemmas and improve real lives." ~ Jane McGonigal
10. "What if we started to live our real lives like gamers, lead our real businesses and communities like game designers, and think about solving real-world problems like computer and video game theorists?" ~ Jane McGonigal
11. "Traditionally, we have needed instructions in order to play a game. But now we're often invited to learn as we go." ~ Jane McGonigal
12. "it's a truism in the game industry that a well-designed game should be playable immediately, with no instruction whatsoever." ~ Jane McGonigal
13. "The real world just doesn't offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments. Reality doesn't motivate us as effectively. Reality isn't engineered to maximize our potential. Reality wasn't designed from the bottom up to make us happy." ~ Jane McGonigal
14. "Today, I look forward and I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness." ~ Jane McGonigal
15. "My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students." ~ Jane McGonigal
16. "The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time." ~ Jane McGonigal
17. "A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we're good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression." ~ Jane McGonigal
18. "I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him." ~ Jane McGonigal
19. "The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life." ~ Jane McGonigal
20. "A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched." ~ Jane McGonigal
21. "I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use." ~ Jane McGonigal
22. "Things like depression and obesity are global challenges." ~ Jane McGonigal
23. "We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress." ~ Jane McGonigal
24. "Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy." ~ Jane McGonigal
25. "Compared with games, reality is disconnected." ~ Jane McGonigal
26. "Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?" ~ Jane McGonigal
27. "Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic." ~ Jane McGonigal
28. "Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around." ~ Jane McGonigal
29. "Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them." ~ Jane McGonigal
30. "Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing." ~ Jane McGonigal
31. "Growing up, I was prone to anxiety." ~ Jane McGonigal
32. "I don't do 'gamification,' and I'm not prepared to stand up and say, 'I think it works.'" ~ Jane McGonigal
33. "I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize." ~ Jane McGonigal
34. "If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it." ~ Jane McGonigal
35. "In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis." ~ Jane McGonigal
36. "My favorite part of running is the thinking time." ~ Jane McGonigal

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We meet again, Spider-Man she said.And I replied How many people have you saved today, Girl M. She pretended to count on her fingers. Nine hundred and thirty-seven she shrugged. It's been a quiet day. We started to giggle. How about you, Spider-Man. I scratched my head. Eight hundred and thirteen I said. But I started late and finished early. We exploded into laughter. We do the same joke every single day and it never ever gets boring."
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