Is Reality Broken?
I think the author of this piece and book is on to something powerful. Brain research is already showing that digital natives are using their brains in different ways. I won't go into how they are different, but if awareness is in fact our own individual cerebral projections (as some brain scientists attest) well then, maybe digital natives do in fact see and "use" reality in a different way. Case in point: research shows that digital natives are not so prone to own autos. Why? Simple, they are comfortable with having relationships on-line and thus are not compelled to buy cars so they can drive to see their friends. From our digital immigrant perspectives this is crazy of course, but herein is the challenge of innovators: we must have open minds and accept new realities however different they may be to ours. Back to gaming and in its defense; it is changing everything. Even the way we learn when you bundle it with story telling. The retention rates learning via these mea