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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 14 Jul 2016

    How can we have this period of massive public play and massive public horror simultaneously. What time are we living through?

    10:37 PM - 14 Jul 2016
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      1. David Vandegrift‏ @DavidVandegrift 15 Jul 2016
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        A time of unparalleled connectedness. World violence is at record lows. Awareness of violence at record highs

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      1. Sami Mäkeläinen‏ @smakelainen 14 Jul 2016
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        A connected one. Not many generations ago, one would simply not have been aware of global events.

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      1. Amanda in the Pan‏ @fantabulizer 14 Jul 2016
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        @xeni I'm having trouble compartmentalizating all this anymore. Every day is exhausting.

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      2. just me, Debra‏ @jazzpastord 14 Jul 2016
        Replying to @avantgame

        I wonder how play/gaming can move us toward justice… toward eliminating root causes that drive people to create horror

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      2. Michael Rivera‏ @MrRahoo 14 Jul 2016
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        @jemimakiss How about grownups quit playing (AR) children's games & focus on the grownup shit in the world? Solve real problems!

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      3. Jemima Kiss‏Verified account @jemimakiss 15 Jul 2016
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        Actually I think play is profoundly connected to problem solving and innovation, so those aren’t mutually exclusive

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      4. Michael Rivera‏ @MrRahoo 15 Jul 2016
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        Not mutually exclusive? Agreed. Perhaps currently overweighted to play given the world we live in presently? Perhaps.

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      5. Jemima Kiss‏Verified account @jemimakiss 15 Jul 2016
        Replying to @MrRahoo @avantgame

        True! Not sure Pokemon Go is the most cerebral example out there, but if the mobilization could be channeled?!

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      6. Michael Rivera‏ @MrRahoo 15 Jul 2016
        Replying to @jemimakiss @avantgame

        Yes.This validates AR on mass-consumer level & strengthens recognition w/public.NOW let's do meaningful stuff w/it!

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      1. Daniela Axinte‏ @danielaaxinte 15 Jul 2016
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        it's the new "normal", which horrifying to say the least.

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      1. Joshua Bradley‏ @airjoshb 15 Jul 2016
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        It seems one would not be tenable without the other. as above, so below.

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      1. Wendy Musk‏ @wendymusk 14 Jul 2016
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        It is the Age of Contrast in the extreme.

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      1. Ksenia‏ @KBenifand 14 Jul 2016
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        are some of us using the game as a painful reality escape, perhaps?

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      1. Victor Rivera  🎄 ☃️ 🎅‏ @cognitivicta 14 Jul 2016
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        I say we are living in the greatest time ever, but we are gonna have to take a stand to keep it.pic.twitter.com/iooV3EclrQ

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      1. Sherida C‏ @SheridaCharles 14 Jul 2016
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        While everyone stares at phantoms on their phone, deadly forces do their serious work. We all need to wake up...

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      1. John Walter  🇨🇦 🇲🇽‏ @johnwalt 14 Jul 2016
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        Just another example of the massive disparity across the globe. The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed. - Gibson.

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      1. Rowan Bradley‏ @rowbradley 14 Jul 2016
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        tweet length version of what I've been wondering all month

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      1. garyrobertscott‏ @garyrobertscott 14 Jul 2016
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        isn't the latter a potentially big influence on the former?

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      1. daphne mir‏ @daphne_mir 14 Jul 2016
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        I keep wondering this myself... 💜

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