TEDxPennQuarter - Frank Lantz - Reinventing Gaming.
This video is a little heavy and think-y. :P Nevertheless, there were some bits and pieces of wisdom that I thought were nice. But I wrote them down here, so if that’s all you care about, then maybe you don’t need to make time for the video. XP
Unlike the games of tennis and chess and Street Fighter, where you are punished for bad play right away, in poker you can make a bad play and be rewarded. And you can make a good play and be punished.
… It forces you to think beyond the sort of ‘local moment’ and the particular situation.
… What you discover that you need is a different kind of confidence. The kind of confidence that knows that some of your ideas are right, and some of your ideas are wrong. And you can’t believe everything you think.
