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Jan 14, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
In 2010, I designed a game for the World Bank set in the year 2020, in which the world faced a respiratory pandemic started in China, a massive disinformation and conspiracy theory campaign on social media by a group called Citizen X, and historic wildfires on US West Coast. 1/#
Players were asked how they would adapt to these challenges, what kinds of help they personally would need, and how they would try to help others. More than 20,000 players spent 10 weeks *in 2010* imagining these year 2020 scenarios together. 2/#
Jan 30, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
For our girls' 6th birthday, we didn't want to give them a bunch of stuff... so we are giving them a YES DAY today. Whatever they ask us for (as long as it's possible, safe and fair) we say YES! So far requests have been:
May I... have a cup of marshmallows? YES! ...have pasta for breakfast? YES!... pick out a pair of fancy shoes for you to wear today? YES!... watch non-educational cartoons? YES!... unlimited tablet time today? YES!
Jan 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NYT published an atrocious, scare-mongering fact-free article today about how kids' brains are going to be damaged by spending more time playing videogames during lockdown. All reckless speculation, and counter to actual evidence from studies. As a concussion survivor...
...this MAKES ME CRAZY. We know all kinds of youth sports carry actual long-term risks to brain development and health... from concussions. The games that truly risk brain damage are soccer, football, volleyball, etc. We are so backwards in our cultural thinking.
Sep 12, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A quick thread about life in the apocalyptic wildfires. So, we couldn't smell smoke in our house, so we thought everything was fine. But family was feeling weird.... dizzy, eyes burning, throat scratchy. Fortunately our Purple Air sensor has just arrived! Plugged it in and... 1/#
Saw our INDOOR air quality was red, dangerous, 190. Even with every window shut, door closed, vents closed, towels under door openings...
Mar 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I'm thinking of starting at at-home Scavenger Hunt: 1 thing to find in your own home each day, share your find here on Twitter. For example: Find a favorite book that you haven't read in awhile, read at least one page. Post a favorite sentence or photo. Would anyone like to play?
Please feel free to reply to this message or DM me with ideas for the scavenger hunt. It should be something most people could find in their homes, but that it would be interesting to see what 100s of people come up with as a reply!
