How Toys Can Change the World

Will Wright has come up with yet another inspiring presentation about Spore, again to an audience of mostly non-gaming intellectual types. This one is my favourite of them all so far, placing the most emphasis on how his simulations are created as modern toys of the Montessori Method, how Spore embodies a vast array of principles and dynamics that inform our understanding of the universe, and speaking openly about his aspirations to affect genuine social change among children and adults alike; designing Spore to exercise the human capacity for long-term thinking.

What a fucking dude.

The presentation can be watched and downloaded here:
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/146