Kelly Clancy on her book, “Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World”

The Point Blank Show
06/07/2024 49 min Temporada 2024 Episodio 59

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Episode Synopsis

Games have shaped humanity for thousands of years. The premise of Kelly Clancy's book is that games play us. In this podcast Dr Clancy, a neuroscientist talks about games people or companies play to our benefit and detriment. How have games shaped geopolitics? Why do gamblers continue to bet despite losing? How does uncertainty trigger dopamine even while playing board games with kids? And much much more.

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