Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)

Update: 2016-10-05

Description

An exploration of the power of play, from screen-based games like Pokemon Go or Minecraft, to the imaginative worlds of children inventing playgrounds out of everyday life, with special guests Alison Gopnik, professor at Berkeley and author of The Gardener and the Carpenter, Youngna Park, head of product at Tinybop, Clive Thompson, journalist and author of Smarter Than You Think, and Ian Bogost, philosopher and video game designer.

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In Channel

Episode 1: Babbage and the Dancer (Or, Can You Fall in Love With a Robot?)

2016-08-1618:52

Episode 2: 32 Dots Per Spaceship (Or, the Video Game That Changed Tech History)

2016-09-0717:25

Episode 3: Strange Loops and Circuit Benders (Or, How New Music Comes from Broken Machines)

2016-09-2126:22

Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)

2016-10-0516:04

Episode 5: Greater Than Zero (Or, the Politics of Serious Games)

2016-10-1919:24

Episode 6: Clever Like a Fox (Or, What Happens Inside Our Brains When We Play?)

2016-11-0218:58

Episode 7: In Pursuit of Condiments (Or, How the Spice Trade Changed Our Palates)

2016-11-3017:03

Episode 8: Party in the Front (Or, How We Incorporate Play into Work)

2016-12-1518:20

Episode 9: Sphere of Life (Or, Why Humans Are So Obsessed With a Bouncing Ball)

2017-01-1113:50

Episode 10: For the Fun of It (Or, the Play in Great Work)

2017-01-2513:52

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Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)

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Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)

Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)