Gaming for Good

1:37 The story was about Hassan ibn Sabbah, 1:40 a charismatic young preacher who lived about 1,000 years ago 1:43 in an age full of drama, conflict and social change.

12:30 A kind of, decentralized church of kindness, 12:32 powered maybe by HOLY coin.

1:03 But what I am going to argue is that video games are going to become 1:06 the platform through which tomorrow's social battles will be fought 1:10 and the source of recruitment for some of the strangest 1:12 and possibly most impactful social movements of the future.

13:47 And will the games of tomorrow be games of subjugation and domination?

0:13 Do you think the government is actually run by a secret cabal 0:16 of demon-worshiping perverts?

6:50 One third of all US undergraduates surveyed 6:53 report having moderate to severe anxiety.

12:43 As we've learned from social media, 12:44 technological fixes and regulatory restrictions will only go so far.

4:56 But at their best, 4:57 they speak to some of our primal social and psychological needs, 5:01 from feeling effective to achieving our goals, 5:04 to belonging to a group, 5:06 to working for something bigger than yourself.

Virtual Reality 2:29 See, Hassan had cultivated a myth 2:30 that he could send people to heaven and bring them back again 2:33 without actually having to die.

13:20 If you're a church or a religious institution, 13:22 you should be understanding how people use these tools to build beliefs 13:26 and what they're believing.