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Graham Herrli

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“I find nothing more frightening than a man trying to do what he has decided is important. Very little in the world has ever gone astray—at least on a grand scale—because a person decided to be frivolous”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

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“That’s what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning.”
― Raph Koster, A Theory Of Fun For Game Design

tags: education, game, games, gamification, learning, teaching

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“If you really want change to happen, if you really want to "help" fat people, you need to understand that shaming an already-shamed population is, well, shameful.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

tags: activism, biases, fat-shaming, fatness, guilt-trip, guilt-trips, shame, skinny-privilege

7 likes

“A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.”
― Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil

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“I think it's more accurate to think of aesthetics as a key ingredient in a recipe, as opposed to the icing on the cake.”
― Stephen P. Anderson, Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences

tags: aesthetics, interaction-design, ixd, user-experience, ux

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