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The gamification exploitation conversation

book cover with text YOU'VE BEEN PLAYED How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All ADRIAN HON, white lettering on purple background decorated with gold game coins

"This book is a critique of gamification by an actual game designer, games journalist, and former neuroscientist that 'goes far beyond the usual suspects like Fitbit and Duolingo to look at the historical roots of gamification'": Discussion of "You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All," by MetaFilter's own Adrian Hon.

11/06/22
by taz

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The Hypnotic EyeThe Hypnotic Eye by kbirrane-oldaccount (cc by-sa)

QAnon operates like a cult, reinforcing extreme distrust of out-groups and extreme reliance on the in-group. It is very, very difficult to undo that once the damage has been done ... Lonnrot with a great, thorough answer on combatting QAnon online, and in the Blue, Adrian Hon's What ARGs can teach us about QAnon.

08/12/20
by taz

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