The game that can give you 10 extra years of life | Jane McGonigal
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- www.ted.com When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience -- and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.
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Abstract:
1. Physical resilience: Move a bit every hour instead of sitting still, for example stand up and take 3 steps or lift your arms up for 5 seconds (increases physical health).
2. Mental resilience: Snap fingers with both hands for exactly 50 times or count from 100 to 0 with decrements of 7 (yes you stop at 2 or -5) (increases willpower and other things).
3. Emotional resilience: Watch in or out the window or look at a picture of your favourite baby animal (Feel love. I take it you have to try and look at people when you are watching in or out of your window). Try to think of, or experience 3 good things for every 1 bad thing as often as bad things occur.
4. Social Resilience: Shake hands with someone for 6 seconds or send a message to someone saying "thank you" (boost your oxytocin by touching people or showing gratitude).
Repeat often (didn't say clearly how often but for the rest of your life) and live 10 years longer than is the average age of people.
Jaakko Paukku thank you
berbudy +1 social resilience!
there must be other techniques too. i'd love to read the studies she refers to in the talk, whatever they are.
Thank you
Jaakko Paukku thank you
I've never seen a TED audience so engaged and active in the presentation! Love Jane's presentation and I can't wait to play SuperBetter!
josh mack You're right! Fully engaged and having fun!
Five years later, have you played SuperBetter?
two years late have you?@@Solutions3000
I will NEVER regret my time playing video games. That time is when I met the greatest people in my life. My best friend, my lover, etc. Of course, I regret the choices I made because of video games... But a minute wasting your real life playing video games is a minute living your life in the virtual world. Games have taught me many social skills (How to make creative comebacks) and that sometimes, the best people you will never meet, you will find in these games. The best and worst parts have been brought out of me while I play games. Protection of the screen. It's made me more sociable than in real life, I'm more willing to stand up for myself. This TED talk was probably one of the best I've ever watched.
I came into this talk expecting to kill 20 minutes; and was blown away instead. Well deserved standing ovation. Mind blown.
Fantastic talk. I did what she said so I guess I can play 7 extra minutes of Minecraft before bed.
My friend sent me this a few days after I got a concussion and was telling him how frustrated I will feeling not being able to do the things I enjoy. I forced myself to do them and probably hindered my healing but I am so thankful he sent this to me so I can get on the right track. Thank you so much!
This is perhaps the best Ted talk ever. I am so much happier already. Time to make some life adjustments! =D
+SockPuppet89 This video was your traumatic experience ? XD
So any updates? still jerking every day ..?
Great talk. I just sent this to a friend of mine who has a kidney disease. Spread the love :)
is he alive now?
Thank you for this. So super grateful that you: a) didn't give up on your illness, b) put in the hard work to get through it, and c) had the love and generosity to share your findings with the world.
I should be at about max on my emotional resilience stat! I'm always looking out windows!
I text my mom for one of the test and told her thank you for being wonderful. As an added bonus point, she instantly returned it and thanked ME for being a wonderful SON and FRIEND. There's so much more to her words than she can explain. Wonderful talk!
"I'm a gamer..."
*Likes video*
I was watching this while doing a repetitive task at work, and found myself doing all of her little quests. I was in a really blah space after doing this task for hours, and I already feel better! I'm excited to try out her game for real :D
hallo,i am from the future ,thx for this amazing TED talk,i am super happy that i do those games and it gives bigger impact to my life
Awesome presentation, although I can't help to stare at her boots for the first few minutes lol. The crowd was cool too, playful and fun to interact with.
Jane, you just made my day, and hopefully you would make me have 3650 more! Thanks!
I am a gamer. Always have been. Raised my son gaming, too. We gamed together. He still games at 20.. even competes. In 2018, I got a TBI, and I thought my life was over. It was taking too long to get better. They said don't game. But gaming is my outlet! I have people I play with! Well, I played a lot......and my neurologist said it was the best thing I ever did for myself!!!!
Trauma to Growth.....That's my story!
That was one of the best talks I've watched in a while. It's amazing how the body and mind are interconnected. Exercise, socialise, stimulate your intellect and most importantly be happy! We all need to remember.
Brought me to tears a couple of times.. On a personal level one of the most profound TED talks I have seen. Beautiful.
This was truly the most inspiring Ted Talk I've ever watched/listened to. I enjoy Ted Talks just for new perspective on things and to somewhat expand my mind, but this one truly overshadowed every other talk in my opinion.
This talk really felt different and really special compared to the rest.
Jane really does have a true passion for what she's sharing with us, and I have the utmost respect for her. The only other person that's moved me as much as Jane has is Allan Watts, and it my eyes, that's saying A LOT.
Thank you Jane, for such a new and inspirational perspective on living life. As a gamer, this has given me some purpose to my lifestyle. But it's also made me feel I can use my lifestyle to more true meaning in life itself.
I just really can't express how moving this talk was to me.
Jane, you really are a true inspiration, and that's no exaggeration in my eyes.
Thank you for taking the time to express these views to the rest of us.
Jane rocks!
Her book 'SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient--Powered by the Science of Games' was just released yesterday!
It's a trap! She's says you will get to play a game but she just made me exercise! She also tried to pull my shades open and let the sun in!
I live for this comment
You're just an extremely negative person who doesn't want to do anything to help themselves.
It is not a trap
Hissssss!
Don’t you hiss me
I bought both of her books after I heard her struggles with post concussion syndromes. She is a truly brilliant, energetic, insightful person.
Brought me to tears :')
same, i feel so warm inside
the reason for that is that you are an empatethic human being and you feelt joy watching all those in the audience smile and having a good time.
Me too
19 minute talk to save me 7 and a half minutes
+Hancheng Wu per hour ;)
Actually 19 mins to save you potentially 10 years. And you can show this to your kids.
I stopped at 1:30
@@steveg8612 How do I laugh harder?
Poor guy at 15:59 with his hands near his mouth didnt have anyone to shake hands with..
but this was a very interesting talk, funny how much I can relate as a gamer
+jLyf lol
came here from The NationalDex, and I loved the talk, who's with me?
Here's my #4 - thank YOU Jane McGonigal for a great talk on resilience. Having come from a physical injury after a surgery this gives me a new path to follow ~ a new way to look at and unlock my post traumatic growth. Well done!
I saw Jane present to us at Microsoft back in 2011. What an inspiration.
Who said time is an illusion? It's not the duration of life, it's the quality of life that counts. How could anyone watch this and not feel uplifted by this amazing person? I can't believe that 234 sad people actually disliked this video!
Will science please invent a long-distance hugging machine already?
I long to express my gratitude to this girl
This is one of the best Ted Talk's out there. Much thanks for spreading the positive vibes. I noticed being racist isn't on there. Ha, ha.
I love this woman. Great creative thinker, great speaker.
One of my all time TED Talks favourite. Keep it up!
We need serious people in 'fun' fields!! Like her!!
This was so deep, I cried, as I'm sad my girlfriend just broke up with me. Thanks for making the effort to post this video.
+Ivan Copeland stay strong dude. You'll get over her. One day at a time.
Thank u for the effort to reply.
Saw this TED talk when traveling to San Diego for some complicated health issue and it did really made me rethink many things. Awesome talk!
"Time you enjoy wasting isn't wasted time."
- Bertrand Russell
I recently downloaded SUPERBETTER App and it really helps to make me happier. I’ll keep on trying my own tiny but substantial missions.
And I’ll come back to this movie whenever I feel depressed. Now I have hope to make things better.
Thank you Jane, thank you TED!
wow im crying right now. :') this was beautiful thank you
This is almost more inspirational than anything I've ever seen, it brings a tear to my eye. McGonigal truly is amazing
I'm gonna use this to offset the effects of alcohol and cheeseburgers
Absolutely incredible! I can't express how amazing this was to watch any more accurately. This woman is a truly special person.
Video games are traditionally scorned as a time-and-brain waster, but that may not have to be the case! Video games are enormous undertakings today, often with bigger budgets than films, and reaching huge international audiences. Wouldn't it be amazing if their power was turned towards the betterment of oneself.
Her voice is so soothing and pretty.
Being someone with post traumatic stress, this is
incredible. I want to be super better. Time for me to put this into action! Thank you :-) I hope the people in the comments watch this again so they understand what the point is and what the extra mins are actually about. Many seem to not get it, which sucks.
Thanks so much Jane, after watching this I just love you, you give people so much hope and me as well...I've been saying for years games aren't a waste of time, it's about time other people see this as well. Huge hugs to you!
Love this. She's a badass
Exactly!
This is the best video I've ever watched. Thank you for this inspiring talk.
I'm glad that I discovered this video.
Great Presentation . She's a fantastic speaker
This Ted talk changed my life I saw it on my PS3 in 2012. TED had a deal with Netflix amazing! You honestly changed my life
Jane you are an angel of happy news. Enjoyef your presenatio profoundly! "Abby" Abdul
It is amazing the way she prepared and aligned her ideas with science and research. What a TED talk 😮
touching indeed!
I haven't begun this video yet. I got the app about 2 yrs ago and it's helped me more than any other single thing I've tried.
This was amazing, thank you!
I swear I yelled "IT IS!" the *moment* she said she "renamed the game Superbetter," at about 9:45. I KNEW her voice sounded like the chick from Superbetter, and I *knew* these tactics seemed familiar! I was all like "Is that her...?" for about half of the video up to that point.
I've actually been thinking about logging back onto that site lately, so it's honestly really cool to find out that the founder of Superbetter was in a TED Talk.
They've reinvigorated that game, I'd played it a couple years ago but it was clear it was defunct. Now getting emails from them and glad I jumped back into it. Wanted to send this YT link to friends by way of introduction. Superbetter.com
Well, even if it didn't work out then, I'm glad it's working for you now. c:
It's a TED talk about disproving a cab drivers offhanded comment.
Man, this talk needs more coverage.
16:00 Aww, they kissed. :) Here's one of my three positive emotions.
This is by far one of the best TED talks I have watched.
This is fantastic! :-)
Changed my life. Thankyou Jane.
she's so cute I
Jane thank you so much for showing the world what games can do for people. I sometimes get into arguments with people about this subject and these TED videos are great examples I can show them. :)
So if i watch this 20 min video. I actually wasted 13 mins
But you gained the ability to gain more time.
I got this app and I love it -I have multiple 'labels' and 'conditions' this makes me feel better on tough days AND IN GOOD MOMENTS!!!!
15 minutes in, those aren't baby llamas, those are alpacas, and not babies either. (Great talk regardless, but my family raises alpacas...so compulsion to correct...)
Its kind of cute to call alpacas just "baby llamas" though xD
No llamas of any age were harmed in the making of this talk. Nor were those who mentioned llamas fired.
Yes, clearly the best TED talk that I have ever watched or listened. Truly inspirational and not so difficult to implement. Everyone needs to do the things that Jane McGonigal has asked.
I love the idea behind it and I am playing on superbetter now but honestly as an avid gamer the game design is horrible. They need to work with a proper game company to make it better. Great idea, poor execution.
I know right we need a good high end game which employs all these basic principles, but also a good educational story, educational experience, just basically an entire art piece of a game designed to educate you, and teach you!
Honestly one could fit in so much into a game its not even a joke
heck if I made a game I could probably brainwash and hypnotise those who play it :p (probably)
Truly enlightening speech. I already heard almost informations somewhere but I never heard with this strong message. Bravo!!!
Shes a cutie
Thank you, Jane McGonigal, you are my new super-hero!
I love this talk, but it would have been nice to hear Jane at least briefly acknowledge addiction in gaming. My younger sister and her boyfriend of ten years had serious problems with his 40 hour a week gaming habit. Further, Most people who say that "gaming is a waste of time" have probably been addicted to a game and actually have wasted time to the detriment of other more important things in life, like relationships with their loved ones.
berkeleybenje ,
Anything can be addicting, really.
The people who say games are a waste of time. Undoubtedly, 90% have never given games a chance.
This is one of the BEST TED Videos ever. Inspirational to say the least. It will change your life, in a matter of minutes! Thank you for creating such a loving message.
but i lost 19 and a half minutes watching this video so i'm 12 minutes down
exactly
Josh Bailey you were here to watch it anyways, so you didn't lose anything, you just gained 7 more minutes instead of zero.
NethiXx Thankyou, only person on youtube with a working sense of logic.
robert r Haha, I'm glad to know that you think so. But how can you possibly not adore Jane.. all her speeches are so thoughtful and interesting to listen to... I still don't get those people joking that they lost w/e amount of their time..
Josh Bailey some people just don't get it
I can listen to her for a long long time.... awesome
Nah but for real, yall need to chill about cracking the whip- we don't need to work that hard YOLO son
these 20 min gave you
7 min of life + Valuable life information + Knowledge + a new understanding of life and the human body + a new appreciation for a person that you will know from now on that is worth listening to = not a fail at all
She is so different from that first talk...I bet its her twin sis.
I got a sever Cuncussion and I have now have six spots of severe brain damage. I talked to a Cuncussion expert at children's hospital her name is Monic Burton (I'm not %100 sure if it's the right spelling) but when I talked to her and told her what the doctors said. she told me they were wrong that do what you can until you get a headache. push your self to your symptoms act up just a lil bit. but that complete brain rest/isolation can be very damaging especially for youths. they miss school they fall behind in work and are just out of touch with their friends. this can lead to bad depression Wich won't help the healing. she encouraged me to play video games because I couldn't read books/comics. I wish more doctors had this to share with their patients to help youths and adults with Cuncussion.
A minute in I already feel like I've wasted 7 minutes
No, keep watching, it's really good.
Nick Lopez Nice
Mad bro?
I agree completely. I really like games. They entertain me when I'm bored, they distract me from problems I can't fix, they provide creative solutions for ones I can fix, and they give a form of social interaction even if I can't hang out with my friends (like when it's 3:30 in the morning haha). Games aren't all I do, they're actually kind of low on my list of most performed activities, but I can definitely appreciate them :) 'All things in moderation' is the key, I think.
If you do all those things then wouldn't you be actually be wasting time?
But you gain time too. You get something out of it, so it's not wasting time. It's spending time. Investing it.
But you've still wasted time.
GDelva2003 By that logic you're wasting time sitting on a computer watching youtube videos.
GDelva2003 if you have a net gain then you have not wasted anything. Sure you have spent time but what you spent is less then what you gained so then you win.
Plus you not on only gain back time but also a higher quality of life. So even if (someone do the math 10 years-the time it takes) your net time is negative then you have an investment of time to quality of life
This talk is exactly the sort of reason I wish UA-cam hadn't done away with the 5-star rating system. Clicking "LIKE" isn't a strong enough statement of how much I love this talk.
Go vegan and get an additional, possibly cumulative, 10 years on top of these 10 :D
***** Not true, for example the Bropka tribe has been vegan for 5000 years so there you go. But really, the term "vegetarian" used to indicate vegans, up to the 1900s. The term vegan was only coined in 1944 after some vegetarians started eating eggs and milk.
We had veganism for a loooooooooong time.
We have records of veganism way before than the greeks, plus animal farming if I remember correctly is only 10k years old, while we have learned cooking 2 million years ago. So more than 99% of our story and evolution we were hunter/gatherers, but really the hunter part has been overexagerated to an incredible extent. We come from herbivorous apes and we've been herbivorous ourselves for a looooong time. If you want to be hyper precise you can say that those apes DID in fact eat around a 5% of insects on their diet, while the rest 95% was vegetables, nuts, etc. As all herbivores, we can digest meat (remember mad cow?), but we get artherosclerosis from it as we don't have cholesterol self-regulation as carnivores have.
Also none of us have any hunting instinct whatsoever, and that's pretty immediate to notice.
Also forgot to quote the simplest example: Jainism. Look into those guys...
EpicBunty Veganism is what Vegetarianism was for centuries. Somebody started creating confusion in the first 1900s, so in 1944 they had to create a new word to say "we don't want to exploit animals in ANY way", to make it clearer.
Your data is very skewed, do you mind checking on it? Our actual ancestors are plant based and in fact herbivores just like we are. Btw herbivore does not mean you can ONLY digest plant matter, you can also tolerate meat (as, in fact, we feed FISH to our cows).
Longest population is okinawans and they have been vegans for a long time, with some eating some fish. Now they are eating meat and others and their life expectancy is plummeting. I am not too sure about the traditional diet of sardinians.
There are few centenarian vegetarians because there are few centenarians. There are centenarian smokers because there are millions of smokers. Does not prove smoking is healthy, no?
Omega 3s come naturally from seeds and nuts. We do not actually know between the various types of Omega 3 what is best. But we do know that we get artheriosclerosis from meat, thing that only happens to herbivores eating meat. Because carnivores regulate their own colesterol. And we don't. We used meat to survive opportunistically but it harms us, always will.
There is a vast scientific consensus that is coming up on the plant based diet, the more time passes the more we have evidence that is the best alternative. The info is already out there, but of course is contrasted by lots of propaganda (if meat is unhealthy and everyone knows it, who will we sell it too then? it's a problem of economics).
We already know that red meat is between the most toxic things you could ingest, at this point undeniably carcinogenic in its processed form and almost surely carcinogenic as unprocessed. (give it a few years, they will declare that too).
There aren't as many studies on poultry as fish but we know fish is so heavily laced with mercury there is no point in even doing that research at this point. Maybe it could have been healthy, doesn't matter, it's poisonous now.
As for dairy there is nothing else on the market with more antibiotics and hormones in it. For the very nature of milk. It's milk. It has hormones. We also added extra hormones into the cow because money.
If everyone knew what the reasons to go vegan are and why they make sense, we'd already all be vegans. There are so many ways to look at it, and no downsides. You can go in it for your own economy (a WAYYYY cheaper diet, WAYYYY cheaper than the standard), for ecology, for ethics, for compassion, for your own health, even for peace. It is a lifestyle of NO VIOLENCE against anyone.
I found this to be very informative & non boring she has very valid points & especially spending most of my life like part hers after her concussion wanting to die.
wow, this poor lady's head trauma killed any dress sense she had........
Wow, that was rather judgmental. I'm sorry to hear that despite her accomplishments she doesn't live up to your superior sense of fashion
Neil Thomas
Want another judgmental comment? no? too bad.
You're a Mangina, don't speak to me.
panzermacher Don't want people to respond to your inane and childish comments? Don't post them.
Neil Thomas
eat my shit jack ass
Yep. Like that comment.
I've never thought of post traumatic growth. I suppose to some degree it really has happened. I've almost died three times throughout my life. Once as baby: premature birth, Once as a child:near drowning, As Adult:Golfing accident. I have extreme pain resilience. Things that made me angry or depressed don't anymore. And has got me to see a broader picture of life in general.
lots of bs talk , what does she sells , video games, games online?
You didn't get it.
From the first 5 minutes I knew you have got more than words ... That is why I immediately added this video into my favourite list .. Well done ...
wow. i had a traumatic brain injury last year and what she says hits the spot and gives hope for it all. another tbi recovery person told me right after my accident: dont try to get back to the old you, the game is now to find the new you :)))
You really helped me with this video. Thank you Jane McGonical & Ted talks.
Thank-you TEDTalksDirector, and thank-you Jane McGonigal. *Hugs*
That was powerful and Jane is super impressive! Great & simple takeaways I think everyone can apply & benefit from. Time well spent and is easily one of my all time favorite TED talks.
I will definitely not regret playing games. Each game was an experience that lives in my memory linked to memories of all the joy and wonder that I was able to experience with each new adventure.
This is such a fun TED-talk. I'm doing an assignment on it and I was dreading it but watching it I was going along with the activities like raising my arms up, snapping and texting my best friend thank you. Love it.
Been using this app for a few days and I love it
One of the best TED Talks I have seen in a while. Much needed boost.
those deathbed regrets were the best part. And also that gaming is good is good part.
Signed up and played the game some yesterday. My take is that is a sort of positive affirmations and advice, goal setting process, to-do list, calendar reminders including emotional, and social networking combo. Could give a bit of a framework for making changes and teaches some coping mechanisms.
Wash your hands before shaking hands.