World Game

World Game, sometimes called the World Peace Game, is an educational simulation developed by Buckminster Fuller in 1961 to help create solutions to overpopulation and the uneven distribution of global resources. This alternative to war games uses Fuller's Dymaxion map and requires a group of players to cooperatively solve a set of metaphorical scenarios, thus challenging the dominant nation-state perspective with a more holistic "total world" view. The idea was to "make the world work for 100% o…

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The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision . Revision as of 04:50, 22 February 2023 by Jarrod Baniqued ( talk | contribs ) ( → History and use ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision | Latest revision ( diff ) | Newer revision → ( diff ) Educational simulation game For the international multi-sports event, see World Games . For the Doctor Who novel, see World Game (Doctor Who) . For the Australian soccer show, see The World Game . World Game , sometimes called the World Peace Game , is an educational simulation developed by Buckminster Fuller in 1961 to help create solutions to overpopulation and the uneven distribution of global resources. This alternative to war games uses Fuller's Dymaxion map and requires a group of players to cooperatively solve a set of metaphorical scenarios, thus challenging the dominant nation-state perspective with a more holistic "total world" view. The idea was to "make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological damage or disadvantage to anyone," 1 thus increasing the quality of life for all people. History and use Fuller first publicly proposed the concept as the core curriculum at the (then new) Southern Illinois University Carbondale . He founded there, together with its then executive director John McHale , the World Resources Inventory, an institute responsible for conducting the research required for the game launch. Fuller proposed it in 1964 for the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal , Quebec, Canada, but the project was eventually rejected. In a preamble to World Game documents released in 1970, Fuller identified it very closely with his 'Guinea Pig 'B' experiment' and his 'Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science' lifework. He claimed intellectual property rights as well to control what he considered to be misapplication of his idea by others. He also claimed he had been playing it 'longhand' without the assistance of computers since 1927. 2 In 1972, the World Game Institute was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , by Fuller, Medard Gabel , Howard J. Brown and others. In 1980, the World Game Institute and the World Resources Inventory published the World Energy Data Sheet. The World Energy Data Sheet compiled a nation by nation summary of energy production, resources, and consumption. The information was compiled in tables and map formats. The project was researched by Seth Snyder and overseen by Medard Gabel. The work was used during a World Game (Philadelphia, summer 1980). By 1993, the World Game Institute developed and sold an educational software package called Global Recall, which contained global data, maps, an encyclopedia of world problems, and tools for developing solutions to world problems. The package was a computer-based simulation game intended for use by high school and college students in learning about world problems and how to solve them. 3 In 2001, a for-profit educational company named o.s. Earth, Inc. purchased the principal assets of the World Game Institute and has been offering a Global Simulation Workshop that is a 'direct descendant of Buckminster Fuller's famous World Game.' 4 Gameplay, format and resources This section needs expansion with: details on how the game is played, and what equipment are typically used in gameplay. You can help by adding missing information . ( February 2023 ) References ↑ "World Game" . Buckminster Fuller Institute . Retrieved 19 January 2014 . ↑ World Game article at the Buckminster Fuller Institute Website ↑ Vitez, Michael (May 20, 1993). "Software Provides Opportunity To Think Globally The World Game Institute Has Put Its Ideas On Computer Disk" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 19 January 2014 . ↑ o.s.Earth Inc. External links World Game Series: Document One Global Simulation Workshop (Commercial) Buckminster Fuller Challenge Global Energy Network Institute An interview article with some statements by Bucky about The World Game Further reading Chu, Hsiao-Yun and Roberto Trujillo. New Views on R. Buckminster Fuller . 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Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home Ephemeralization Fullerene Buckminsterfullerene Buckminster Fuller Challenge Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (1996 documentary) The Last Dymaxion: Buckminster Fuller's Dream Restored (2012 documentary) Karlis Johansons Kenneth Snelson Category Commons Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Game&oldid=1140870202 " Categories : Buckminster Fuller Peace education Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles to be expanded from February 2023 All articles to be expanded This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 04:50 (UTC) . Page was rendered with Parsoid . This version of the page has been revised . Besides normal editing, the reason for revision may have been that this version contains factual inaccuracies, vandalism, outdated information, or material not compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License . 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