how to distinguish work from play

[gusl]

Doing work and playing games can be superficially very similar. What is it that makes one thing "work" and another thing "a game"?

This fascinating post by fishsupreme gives an answer. We can use this information in two ways:
* make work more addictive
* make games more economically productive

Comments

[marknau.livejournal.com]

Simple. Just map all job activities onto World of Warcraft activities, and let the software translate.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

Easy to say...but I'd like to see someone try this in practice.

[marknau.livejournal.com]

I'm trained in mathematics, not engineering. I just have to show a solution exists.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

I was trained in logic in Amsterdam. Prof. Brouwer says that existence proofs are not good enough.