playfulness
Stuart Evans and
playfulness
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: https://t.co/C8MYZLdpti
The benefits of play are immense across all ages, research shows
hechingerreport.org
Wanna skip rocks? Why yes, yes I do.
Thanks @jenncolella for the read. 🫶🏽
“While grabbing dinner with a friend can be engaging, it’s a far cry from elaborate forest ceremonies.”
How did you play as a child? How do you play now? 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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instagram.comWhat is your play history?
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men - Roald Dahl
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 –... See more
XH • Internet Playgrounds
Deep seriousness and deep playfulness are not opposites
anticiplay.medium.com
Fast food model of education kills creativity and room for play.
Yet imagination is the source of every form of human achievement.