What is it about fooling around while having fun that enhances creativity? By rearranging actions or thoughts, play generates novel ways of dealing with the environment, most of which lead nowhere but some of which may turn out to be useful β often at a much later date. Play is also about breaking away from established patterns and combining... See more
Above all, people need agency. They need to feel in control. Sometimes, that means designing for subversive behavior. I mean, isn't the most fun often had when you're breaking rules? But this is enormously difficult in software, where you must design almost everythingfrom scratch. Unlike life, you don't get a common repertoire of actions for free β... See more
Wanna skip rocks? Why yes, yes I do.
Thanks @jenncolella for the read. π«Άπ½
βWhile grabbing dinner with a friend can be engaging, itβs a far cry from elaborate forest ceremonies.β
How did you play as a child? How do you play now?... See more
Per this framework, main ingredient to meaningful & flourishing lives:
Expand "the phenotypic bound on the amount of surprise people can tolerate in their lives," or: inhabit the goldilocks zone of uncertainty.
Fun paper by @PredictiveLife & @JulianKiverste1. Few other riffs:... See more