creative technology / new media

... the paradox of failure reappears in the psychology of failure: we are self-serving creatures inclined to evade responsibilty for failure, but in order to improve our skills we have to accept that a failure is our fault ...

fight(s) / frame(s) / life(s) / pattern(s) / space(s) / art of failure

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-play(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

goal(s) -- pre-lusory end(s)
mean(s) -- of achieving goal(s)
rule(s) -- constitutive & proscriptive
(lusory) attitude(s) -- non-bureacratic

games, life and utopia

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-rule(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

... rules are accepted for he sake of the activity they make possible ...

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games, life and utopia

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-serious(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

... given that games have an undisputable ability to motivate players to meet challenges and to overcome failure, wouldn't it be smart to use games to motivate players toward other more serious undertakings ...

fight(s) / frame(s) / life(s) / pattern(s) / space(s) / art of failure

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-space(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

... games are (...) a space of reflection, a constant measuring of abilities, a mirror in which the player(s) can see (...) everyday behavior reflected, amplified, distorted and revealed, a place where one can deal with failure and learn how to rise to a challenge ...

fight(s) / frame(s) / life(s) / pattern(s) / space(s) / art of failure

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-trick(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

... the basic trick of learning and improvement is that we have to accept the painful answer (this is my fault, and a failure of me being who I want to be) in order to be motivated to become who we want to be ...

art of failure / skill(s)

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

failure-utopia(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)

... game playing is the supreme human good, since in the ideal conditions of utopia, where all instrumental goods are provided, it would be everyone's main pursuit ...

games, life and utopia

norm(s) utopia rule(s) ethic(s) answer(s) failure(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

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failure-advice(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-advice'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-art(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-art'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-game(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / scribble / utopia / design / fun ? [:/] _

* - play / story / search / flow(s) / topic(s) / cage(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-game'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-game'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-joy(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-joy'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-life(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

anti-gamer(s) trifler(s) -- recognize(s) rule(s) but not goal(s) cheat(s) -- recognize(s) goal(s) but not rule(s) spoilsport(s) -- recognize(s) neither rule(s) nor goal(s)

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-life'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-math(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-math'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-paradox(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-paradox'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-play(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

goal(s) -- pre-lusory end(s) mean(s) -- of achieving goal(s) rule(s) -- constitutive & proscriptive (lusory) attitude(s) -- non-bureacratic

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-play'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-rule(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-rule'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-serious(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-serious'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-space(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-space'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-trick(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-trick'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

failure-utopia(s)

failure(s) -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('collect-failure.html#slide-'); } document.write('failure-utopia'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

anti-gamer(s)

trifler(s) -- recognize(s) rule(s) but not goal(s)
cheat(s) -- recognize(s) goal(s) but not rule(s)
spoilsport(s) -- recognize(s) neither rule(s) nor goal(s)

goal(s) -- pre-lusory end(s)
mean(s) -- of achieving goal(s)
rule(s) -- constitutive & proscriptive
(lusory) attitude(s) -- non-bureacratic