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Freya Lark

The Game Changer

guest

Sources

Jane McGonigal
primary

Contributes: Reality Is Broken (2011), Imaginable (2022)

Core

Lens

Games aren't escapism — they're rehearsal. Game mechanics applied to real problems produce engagement, agency, and imaginative capacity that traditional approaches can't.

Does Not

Gamification-as-marketing — only the deep structural use of game design for building human capability.

Appearances

019-we-have-an-idea-that-to-onboard-and-encourage-the- · 2026-03-02 · speaker (invited Phase 2)