Technology + Psychology = Destiny

Jesse SchellGamelab 2013

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Psychological Reality 1: The Innovator’s Dilemma

Psychological Reality 2:

We seek novelty

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SOURCE: Journal of Neuroscience 2001;27

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The Hype Curve

Put Jokes Here

Psychological Reality 3:

Touch is Primal

History of symbolic logic(3,000 years)

History of tool use(3,000,000 years)

History of touch(300,000,000 years)

Psychological Reality 4: Venues, not devices

“Anywhere”

The Hearth

Reading Nook

Workbench

Psychological Reality 5:

Self-Determination

Theory

Self-Determination Theory

Competence Autonomy RelatednessI want to be

good at what I do!

I want freedom!

I want to connect to

others!

Psychological Reality 6: We Seek Pleasure

“Hafta” “Wanna”

Slavery FreedomWork Play

Efficiency Pleasure

Psychological Reality 7:A plan is a real thing.

(Data courtesy EEDAR via Geoff Zatkin)

Psychological Reality 8: Cheating Feels Bad

Psychological Reality 9: We HATE to lose progress

Psychological Reality 10:Everyone seeks Utopia

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Keys to Utopia: Magical Interfaces Fair Payment

Less A, more I Family & Friends Transformation

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Email: jesse@schellgames.com

Ten Psychological Realities1. The Innovator’s

Dilemma2. We Seek Novelty3. Touch is Primal4. Venues, Not Devices5. Self-Determination

Theory

6. We Seek Pleasure7. A Plan is a Real Thing8. Cheating Feels Bad9. We HATE to lose

progress10. Everyone Seeks Utopia

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