53: Brad Pitt Gets to Contribute

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit gamification in education, talk briefly about the Nest thermostat, then engage in an ever-so-slightly more considered discussion of Wikipedia, attempting to address the mountain of feedback on the topic. No Wikipedians were harmed in the making of this episode.

Links for this episode:

• No-One Cares About the College Bookstore - Kieran Healy
  
• Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain - NYTimes.com
  
• Verifiability and Truth: What John Siracusa Doesn’t Get About Wikipedia - The Wikipedian
  
• Ignore all rules - Wikipedia
  
• Game theory - Wikipedia
  
• Gamification - Wikipedia
  
• Build and Analyze #62: Frustrated by the Invisible Person
  
• Nest - The Learning Thermostat
  
• Self-Improvement podcast, episode 1: Hypercritical & Dr Karl's Blogcast
  

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