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Collaborative Consumption…P2P Cars…Access.

By Ryan Van Etten on 06/28/2010

Rachel Botsman points out four drivers that are causing a fundamental global shift away from 20th century hyper-consumption (ownership) towards 21st century collaborative consumption (access). Sharing is “second nature” to digital natives—and it’s not just about files.

Posted in Infoculture, Transit | Tagged 21C, access vs. ownership, behavior, car sharing, collaboration, collaborative consumption, collaborative lifestyle, community, consumers, consumption, digital natives, digital sharing, ebay, economics, global trends, hyper-consumption, ideas, P2P, product renting, Rachel Botsman, recession, redistribution markets, sharing, swap trading, swaptree, TED, TEDxSydney, transportation, trends, trust, video | 2 Responses

Gaming For A Better Real World

By Ryan Van Etten on 04/21/2010

Game designer/researcher Jane McGonigal asserts that collaborative videogames are the key to solving our real-world problems. In the video here, she outlines why she considers World of Warcraft to be an “ideal collaborative problem-solving environment.” She discusses four key factors in gaming culture that give gamers an edge at problem-solving—urgent optimism, social fabric, blissful productivity, and epic meaning.

Posted in Activism, Education, Gaming, Infoculture | Tagged collaboration, counterculture, creativity, culture, game design, gaming culture, innovation, Jane McGonigal, mindset, MMO, MMORPG, motivation, problem-solving, psychology, social gaming, social intelligence, TED, trust, urgent evoke, video, videogame, virtual worlds, WoW | Leave a response

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