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Jane Mcgonigal's Ted Talk

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Jane McGonigal said "I'm gonna try to increase the lifespan of everyone in this room by 7 1/2 minutes....LITERALLY!!". I was already smiling waiting for her to get to the punchline, because I figured this had to be apart of a joke."LITERALLY, YOU WILL LIVE 7 AND 1/2 MINUTES LONGER THAN YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE JUST BECAUSE YOU WATCHED THIS TALK". Not hearing her full speech I pre judged her and thought she was a very arrogant person. From the beginning, I couldn't tell her talk was going to be about a video game. I could imagine hearing magicians like Whodini or David Copperfield making such bold claims then following with some magic trick to entertain their audiences. She also said she had the math data to back up her claim so my second thought was maybe she's a …show more content…

Here is how I processed Jane McGonigal’s Ted Talk. When I realized Jane was serious I restarted the video, and listened as carefully as I could. Jane said, "Your mission is to figure out how you want to spend your extra 7 1/2 minutes". That statement made me think about people who may have passed away unexpectedly or suddenly who may have known Jane and knew about her concept. I wondered how would they have responded to her. Naturally, Jane understood that her audience would view her speech skeptically if not blasphemous, because many people believe that only God can determine a persons lifespan. Yet Jane is saying she possesses a similar god like attribute where she is able to extend a persons life through a video game concept. I soon realized Jane's speech began so boldly because it was about her own personal triumph. She was her own experiment. She was her own case study. Jane was her own patient. Jane found a way to ease the pain

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