Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
I don’t know if this is what I am looking for, I don’t think it is really. There is something to it, but I kinda see things the other way around. Not with harnessing gamers to save the world, but rather giving people who play games better educations to be able to improve their world.
I love solving problems, thats why I do the jobs I do, they are full of problems that need solving and there isn’t enough time to solve them all. Games feed that problem solving desire too, giving you a safe environment to try out risky options. Properly used these could give people much better understanding of risk management and problem solving.
Its a shame, then, that most people don’t actually want to solve most of the problems they have in their lives, or are too risk averse to try.