Learning to stay urgently optimistic in the face of failure is an important emotional strength that we can learn in games and apply in our real lives. When we’re energized by failure, we develop emotional stamina. And emotional stamina makes it possible for us to hang in longer, to do much harder work, and to tackle more complex challenges.

The service record is stored on the official Bungie website, and it’s fully viewable by other players. It lists all the campaign levels you’ve completed, the medals you’ve earned, and the achievements you’ve unlocked.

Whether it’s money, grades, promotions, popularity, attention, or just plain material things we want, scientists agree: seeking out external rewards is a sure path to sabotaging our own happiness.

we need platforms for engaging people in scientifically proven happiness activities.

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Teasing each other, recent scientific research has shown, is one of the fastest and most effective ways to intensify our positive feelings for each other.

We have to help them cultivate the specific future-making skills and abilities, and acquire the practical knowledge they need, in order to increase their chances of making a real and sustained difference.

When a clear goal is attached to a specific task, she explains, it gives us an energizing push, a sense of purpose.

Games aren’t leading us to the downfall of human civilization. They’re leading us to its reinvention.