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The TED conference has become one of the premiere forums for discussion of forward-thinking ideas, and that holds for ideas inside the gaming sphere as well. Many videos from the recent TED 2010 (which took place a couple of months back) are just coming online, and one of these is a talk given by Jane McGonigal, entitled “Gaming can make a better world.” And you should watch it.

McGonigal, the director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future, essentially explains her theory that playing videogames can solve the world’s problems: poverty, hunger, climate change, obesity, etc.