Thursday, March 11, 2010

Interviews & Discussions

"Virtual realities [including video games] can potentially be one of the main vehicles underlying the next emerging 2nd tier techno-economic mode of the 21st century. The idea of having video games that could be conducive to growth in all three [developmental categories of lines of intelligence] is certainly something that is feasible, the question is how much would it actually have an impact".

"Even if video games can’t provide ‘full life’ experiences ... they can actually provide some things that full life experiences don’t, such as selective reinforcement for higher level responses, so what they loose on one hand, they could make up for on the other hand…"


- Ken Wilber, contemporary philosopher, pandit & author
(Ken Wilber & Moses Silbiger, personal communications, February 2008 & November 2009)





Interviews


Ken Wilber & Moses Silbiger - February 23rd, 2008.
AQAL Journal conference call on Integral Psychology 

Ken WiIber & Moses Silbiger - August 25th, 2008.
Check audio interview on Integral Naked and Integral Life websites* - Parts 1, 2 and 3
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Ken WiIber & Moses Silbiger - November 24th, 2009.
Article revision for Journal of Integral Theory & Practice - JITP

Moses SIlbiger & Ken Wilber (2005)

Tom Huston & Moses Silbiger - October 2009
EnlightenNext Magazine (in revision, to be published in 2010)


Discussions with integral experts

David Zeitler, M.A., John F. Kennedy professor & gamer

Gail Hochachka, Ph.D., John F. Kennedy professor

Alden Gannon, ex-Microsoft, CTO Aliveware & gamer

Corey DeVos, Integral Life writer & gamer

Robb Smith, CEO Integral Life, entrepreneur & gamer


Discussions with video game experts


Daniel Erickson, lead writer at Bioware, Austin, TX

Tracy Fullerton, Ph.D., USC professor, director EA Experimental Lab

Rusel DeMaria, game author, designer & consultant

Gordon Walton, co-studio director, Bioware, Austin, TX

John Romero, game designer, creator of game Doom

Ian Bogost, Ph.D., game designer and GIT professor


Ongoing project

Periodic interviews and discussions with leading figures in the fields of video games, virtual reality, technology, psychology, sustainability, spirituality and human development.