Saving the World with Games - Citizen Science and More - Extra Credits

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Subject: History, Politics, Mythology
Content of the Lesson: Thanks to Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/S0qZ30qC6Xz Here is a list of all of the awesome initiatives and projects we mentioned in this episode. If you got time, be sure to check a few out! Games to Play FoldIt - https://fold.it/ Eyewire - https://eyewire.org Phylo - https://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca/ Eterna - https://eternagame.org/home/ SuperBetter - https://www.superbetter.com/ Level Ex - https://www.levelex.com/ Night Shift - https://www.schellgames.com/games/night-shift Skyfarer - https://news.usc.edu/131166/at-usc-gaming-and-health-come-together-and-physical-therapy-will-never-be-the-same/ Organizations Block by Block - https://www.blockbyblock.org/ SETI@home - https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ Play to Cure: Genes in Space - https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/citizen-science Jan McGonigal - http://janemcgonigal.com/ We've always said that Games Matter, but there's a lot of different ways games can help us and the world that we live in. This week, we're going to dive into some games that have a real and tangible effect on our physical meat space. Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Get info about all our shows at https://extracredits.site ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! https://extracredits.store Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://extracredits.site/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ___________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS Music: "Lost Forever" by: Krank https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02079


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