Experimental economics show that people are more likely to cooperate and avoid competition in the prisoner’s dilemma or public goods game if their identity is revealed as opposed to playing anonymously. If you believe you’re being watched there’s a potential gain for behaving yourself: you establish a good reputation.
The Following is a Guest Post by Swarthmore Student, Patrick Schwarz Starcraft 2 is Being Utilized in Classrooms to Teach Math, Economics, and Game Theory What does a college course that required differential equations, linear algebra and calculus have in common with an online course that had no prerequisites at all? They both threw out…
by Justin Schier, Chief Creative Officer Dopamine Inc. @justinschier If you’ve never experienced the British TV phenomenon phenomenon known as Golden Balls, it’s worth watching a bit, even for kitsch value. Even though it went off the air in 2009, there are hours of it available on YouTube. It was basically a just-as-shlocky, slightly more sophisticated…
The most logical solution isn’t always the most emotionally successful. This article by Angela Self in the Globe and Mail about reducing debt brought up an interesting idea about achievement as motivation that closely mirrors what we know about gamified design. While trying to find a way to get out of debt across multiple credit…
