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*The opposite of play isn't work. It's depression.* Get my latest NYT bestseller SUPERBETTER! (it's powered by the science of games.) http://amzn.to/1OmREc0 

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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 11 Feb 2013

    it's the only lucid dreaming I ever have, where at some point I realize "I have a PhD, I don't need to worry about my HS degree anymore!!"

    9:36 AM - 11 Feb 2013
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      2. Loewen B‏ @LoewenMrB 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame tells us how traumatic the institution of school can be to us. But we are thankful for what you have done for all of us now.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 11 Feb 2013
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        @BarryLoewen1 no kidding (about how traumatic institution of school can be)

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      4. Loewen B‏ @LoewenMrB 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame right now listening to @medialabcourse on learning creative learning. http://learn.media.mit.edu  talking about Lifelong Kindergarten!

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      2. Gavin Purcell‏Verified account @gavinpurcell 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Hey did your sister write a book about willpower? If so, I'm reading it and it's great. If not, go people named McGonigal!

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 11 Feb 2013
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        @gavinpurcell yep that's my twin sis @kellymcgonigal and yes the book is AWESOME! :)

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      4. Bill Kirby‏ @olderkirby 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame @gavinpurcell @kellymcgonigal You are both awesome and thensome!

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      1. Bill Kirby‏ @olderkirby 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Stay alert! Re-graduating after 20 years might become a requirement.

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      1. Scott‏ @NFSSmith 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame lol, in my lucid dreams I think to myself, "it's a dream, I'm gonna fly everywhere!" or shoot antagonists with finger-pistols...

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      1. David Teicher‏Verified account @Aerocles 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame my only recurring dream is the same - back in HS, just realizing there's some impeding paper/test for which i am quite unprepared

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      1. InBOObitably‏ @ToryTwinkel 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame I would like to take my next vacation in your brain. I feel like it would be both fun AND a learning experience. #gameyourbrain

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      1. Emil Rodriguez‏ @EmilRodriguez 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame you need to crowdsource what that dream means. It's fairly common from what I can tell.

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      1. Steffen Christensen‏ @Wikisteff 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame I wake up in a cool sweat, thinking I missed some mandatory requirement of my undergrad. Then I remember my Ph.D. #academicpanic

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      1. A.J. Dimick‏ @Daventry1701 11 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame how did that gym requirement work out? :)

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