Jane McGonigal: The Avant-Garde
4 min readMar 31, 2022
The omnipresent and omniscient Gods-of-the-Internet had conspired to get me to click on that youtube video. The Internet knew I was looking for inspiration when Jane MacGonigal’s TED talk, the game that can give you 10 extra years of life, appeared on my screen.
She was talking about gameful-living and Superbetter. Superbetter is a real life simulation that has helped to improve resilience, mental health and…
