Jonathan Blow: “Video Games and the Future of Education”
The greatest video Jonathan Blow has ever done on Video Games and the Future of education is 0:10:36 long and is just him going over the first part of his video game "The Witness".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSrYiheVowWe have him demonstrating:* Starting off any new concept with trivial examples that nonetheless convey important information about the problem space and how to interact with it.* Making the progression to the next problem or related problems obvious and intuitive.* Adding in 'curve balls' that help to jog the player into thinking critically.* Whilst showing clear progression to alternative ideas, also allowing freedom to approach different problems* Showing how video games can give immediate feedback to 'show not tell' nuanced ideas* Showing how understanding of concepts grows over time* Showing how decomposition of ideas can make them easy to understand individually and then composition of them is intuitive and immediateThe Witness is a thesis on learning/pedagogy, motivation/reward, truth seeking and self fulfilment. To that end, I would recommend playing it to anyone who has an interest in video games and how they relate to the future of education.