Blockquotes

” Games are the most elevated form of investigation.” - Albert Einstein

“The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression.” - Brian Sutton Smith

“Our world is overflowing with technical expertise. Knowledge is piled metaphorical lightyears deep. Given that, the truly golden skill is the one I possess — to bring together the knowledge and abilities that makes solutions. “

- Mr. Rabbit in Vernor Vinge’s novel, Rainbows End

“The most important natural resources are not factories or the size of armies. Economic power is in the size of the population that is well-educated, creative and generally happy enough to be optimistic enough to want to do something creative.”

- Vernor Vinge, speaking at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP) conference, in Washington, DC, May 06

“Ironically, embracing risk in the enterprise is itself a considerable risk. There is an ingrained fear of failure that holds many corporate employees back when it comes to taking big risks that could yield big rewards. Online gamers do not share this fear.”

- IBM Report - Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders (2007)