"I say turn your health into a social game like Foursquare. Check in when you take your meds, go to the gym, walk to work, and eat like Michael Pollan. Tie this to your insurance premiums. In fact, I say turn life into one big game with various levels. Make the mundane fun. We’ve got the beginnings of the technology to do it. And I’m glad there are people like Dennis and Naveen who are there to show us how it’s done."

Dr. Jay Parkinson commenting on Health Populi’s “People without a connection to a primary care doctor don’t proactively manage health”
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If I were in the consultancy creation business, and I’m not, I’d name my company “Game Mechanics and Social Proof,” because almost everything important that will be built in the next 10 years will include one, if not both, of those things. (via tylerhwillis)