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Ignite DC #7

Richard Fawal

Escaping the games of life.

The concept of “game mechanics” is pervading everything these days, but does everything we do really come down to systems of rewards, punishment and competition? I don’t think so.

For me, life was better when “friend” was just a noun, badges were for cops, and companies made meaning not mechanisms. Life was better when every encounter with technology didn’t reduce me to lab rat capable only of pavlovian reactions.

Give me five minutes of your time, and I’ll help you free yourself from the games of life so you can get back to having fun just by living.

About Richard Fawal:

I spent more than twenty years of as a grassroots pro working on local, state, national, and international issues and campaigns for non-profits, trade associations, corporations and candidates. I believe in the power of people, and the power of technology to bring people together.

I'm fascinated by physics, a fan of Ben Franklin, roused by the Roman Republic, piqued by politics, and I fawn over my family. I'm happy to be alive, and I want you to be happy, too.