Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

by Jane McGonigal

Fiero is the Italian word for “pride,”

Naches, a Yiddish word for the bursting pride we feel when someone we’ve taught or mentored succeeds,

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, political scientist Robert Putnam famously worried that the United States was turning into a nation of people who go “bowling alone.” In his hugely influential book about the collapse of extended community, he documented a worrying trend: that we are increasingly likely to hunker down and prefer the company of just a few people rather than participate in civic organizations or in a larger social context in general.

This explains hazing to some extent. The goal is to create a bonding event, but unlike football teams, marching bands aren't very good at generating and maintaining esprit de corp.

“posttraumatic bliss”

“jen ratio,”