29 August 2020

Design of Work as Play - the Future Has Arrived

Studying flow - the psychology of engagement - decades ago, it occurred to me that the ultimate profitable business would be one that designed work to be as engaging as play and charged kids to do work they perceived as play. Imagine profit margins in that sort of world.

Well, that world may have arrived. Here's a kid playing the game of stocking shelves at a convenience store, controlling a robot from a distance.

https://soranews24.com/2020/08/29/japanese-convenience-store-chain-begins-testing-remote-controlled-robot-staff-in-tokyo/


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