On Language
25.7 Gamification
Gamification in video games is not unlike gambling: the thrill of a ‘win’, the gradual habituation of the dopamine hit, the constant enticements for ‘just one more round’.
2025-04-14
Travels with Myself
A Journal of Discovery and Transition
Doug Jordan, Author
Travels With Myself, Vol. 4 (2023)
23.1 Volunteer Vicissitudes
You don’t have to be a lifer to be a virtuous volunteer but you need to be committed; many volunteers, though, have other motives, or find out they aren’t as motivated to make a contribution as they first thought when they volunteered, caught in a moment of enthusiasm, or pressure.
2023-01-15
