Game-based learning to better relate with people you care about
Don't we already have enough talking heads going over political issues? Definitely! But not enough regular people talking across the aisle. We increasingly have understood that most people are stuck in their own media bubbles, each with its own facts. Kurt Gray is a professor of psychology and directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He explained to Greater Good Magazine why conversations can be more important than throwing facts at each other:
In our studies, when we compare the ability of sharing a true statistic or sharing a personal experience of suffering or harm with some of the other side, we find out that those personal experiences of suffering really create more understanding, more respect, and it does help people see you as rational. So even if they disagree with your position, they understand that it makes sense. (Ghazi, 2025, para. 20)
Values
Mainstream news and social media foster increasingly hostile claims, deepening the cultural divide, but Americans have many common values to unite us.
The game-maker facilitates discussions by hosting in-person games, or email to purchase.
Players age 8 and up gain clarity about their own and others' political views and shared values.
A recent Pew Research Center Survey supports the framework used by these political games. The research shows a complex political landscape that includes the anti-establishment left and anti-establishment right.