# 20 The playful experience of chaos with Jessica Creane of IKantKoan

09/28/19 • 54 min

On May 18th, 2019, Ikantkoan Games founder Jessica Creane took the TED stage, under unusual circumstances, to give a talk about chaos theory. She explained that as a game designer, she takes complex systems and turns them into “playful interactive experiences” Today, Jessica joins the show to talk about leaning into chaos in daily life, learning how to harness it, and of course how one turns a haiku into a full contact sport.
Selected Links:

-TED talk- Gamifying Chaos: Embracing Uncertainty Through Play
-IKANTKOAN Games
-Instagram
-Twitter
-Facebook

-Chaos Theory
-Tickets

-Know Thyself
-Immanuel Kant
-Koan: To provoke the ‘Great doubt’

Show Notes:

Fictional world for exploration [2:42]
How does a Haiku become a full contact sport? [4:35]
How to start designing games [7:23]
What is the show, ‘Chaos Theory’? [9:18]
What is the concept, chaos theory? [11:09]
Finding systems in things that appear to be systemless [12:31]
Why do you feel like people are drawn to chaos? [13:46]
What is Know Thyself? (philosophy as a game?) [15:20]
Making philosophy practical [17:53]
Make it immersive [19:44]
‘You mean I have to think??’ [24:32]
Well what did you think this experience was about? [26:53]
Fear of the unknown vs. attraction to chaos [28:49]
How to build a little chaos into your life [30:50]
What is devised theater? [34:22]
Why the name ‘IKantKoan’? [35:49]
The inception of ‘IKantKoan games’ [38:12]
What’s next for Jessica and IKantKoan? [39:53]
Stories from Jessica’s guests [41:50]
Jessica on the TED stage [45:21]
A major change on stage [48:22]
Where can folks find Jessica’s work? [51:54]

09/28/19 • 54 min

Immersion Nation Podcast - # 20 The playful experience of chaos with Jessica Creane of IKantKoan

Transcript

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and I had this sort of strong feeling that I would either be eaten up by the ceiling, that I have no control over everything. And I could just fall into this chaos. Or I could try and figure out a way to use it to my advantage. Chaos theory is the playable theater, and things are really orderly and we know where we stand and we fall into patterns and the compere comfortable to be in a world of patterns. But you get a little name tag, you feel like your name tag

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