Action Reaction

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I found this film on Dumpert, a website for funny pictures and movies. I had a great laugh watching this, but this is also a clear example of the 'Action Reaction' principle. We are very attracted to having reactions on our actions, because we like to have a response on what we're doing (and who we are). It's a proof of your existance, which we all long for (Nietzsche). This is found back in the urge for interactivity. When you create a reaction for a certain action that has an interesting, new impact, people are going to play with this. They are going to explore the possibilities.

See, we explore by play and by play we learn. Without play we wouldn't have the urge to explore, since we wouldn't become curious about something we don't know. Every young being, wether it be kittens, little kids or baby elephants, learns by play. Play is in our nature, otherwise we wouldn't be able to learn how to survive. And when we learned how to survive, we still play.

I'm going to quote Stuart Brown here:
‘‘Look at life without play, and it’s not much of a life. If you think of all the things we do that are play related and erase those, it’s pretty hard to keep going. Without play there’s a sense of dullness, lassitude and pessimism, which doesn’t work well in the world we live in.’’



Amen to that