The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More | Mark Rober | TEDxPenn

Just imagine if we didn't have grades in school and they taught us to learn from our mistakes instead

The entire school system: aight imma pretend I didn't hear that

I remember watching a documentary about video games. Video game designers mentioned that in later Mario titles they replaced the "Game Over" screen with a "Continue" screen. This was to encourage players to keep playing. Novice video game players would take "Game Over" too literally and stop playing all together. Video game psychology should be implemented more in education.

"That’s not a bug, that’s a feature." So so good! I really appreciated the coder/tester perspective.

"That's not a bug, that's a feature" video game industry approved

His nephews might have trust issues but let’s be honest, everyone wants this guy as their uncle.

It took me years after leaving high school with a perfect GPA to realize that I didn't actually hate learning. I just hated THEIR version of learning. Now I realize it can be so different from how they do it, and now I love it and am learning lots of things I've always wanted to but never had the confidence to, and I feel myself learning so fast. I can finally ignore the sting of failure that was once driven into me.

"I didn't fail, I just found the right answer to a different question"

Parents: "Real life isn't a game." Me @ 35: "Then why do I have to do so many side quests on my way to completing each work project?"

Teachers: Life is not a game! Mark Rober: Life is absolutely a game

Respect to Marc for dedicating his life for 16% of us who needed a little reassurance that it is okay to fail and learn from your mistakes.

This is the squirrel guy, right? He’s awesome.

Waitwaitwaitwaitwait.....so you're telling me that not everyone lost 5 of their unimportant points?? I feel so betrayed..

Who else expected him to randomly say "and in my ongoing quest to be the favorite uncle"

I actually really like how he mentioned that this isn't just a "stay positive!" mentality, but more of an outlook on the challenge itself.

I always knew how awesome Mark Rober was but seeing him as a kid being appreciative and grateful just goes to show you that he really was raised right. The world benefits so much from people like him.

Mark: "Treat life like it's a video game" People who play GTA:

"That's not a bug, that's a feature" As a software developer, I use this argument a lot.

I have struggled in the modern education system my whole life. The way I learn best is just like Mark explained, and as someone with learning “disabilities”, I’ve always struggled to keep up with any educational system due to the emotional and mental stress involved. It’s all about the grade: did you fail or succeed? You made a mistake, your grade gets docked. You won’t get anywhere unless you have high grades etc That always stressed me out. And in school there isn’t really any going back to “try again” unless you’re Rick and have all the time one the world (even then often you cannot). Learning should be fun, memorable, and focused on the actual learning process and not always perfection along the way. Mistakes should be an opportunity to learn and grow rather than an accumulating sense of failure for when you actually struggle. There are also so many different learning styles, yet overall the education system is caters really only to one or a select few. This leads to people like me struggling, breaking down due to stress physically and mentally, and eventually quitting due to trauma and the inability to keep up. Self-esteem goes out the window, and as you watch other succeed where you couldn’t (because you were not allowed to due to your differences), you eventually begin to believe the lies that you could never be as smart as persons xyz. I hope someday we actually apply real science and real learning theory (as well as a dose of compassion and empathy) to our education system, both primary, secondary, and beyond. And while I don’t have all the answers, I do heartily believe we are doing a disservice to students of all ages everywhere when we don’t cultivate an environment of learning, but rather an environment that expects us to get everything correct the first time. The latter is obviously unrealistic, and also doesn’t leave a lasting impression in your long term learning memory: mistakes and failed attempts are one of the best ways to learn - you will know the whys, the hows, and the why nots so much better than you would if you just only got things “right” all the time. Scientifically speaking, this also leads to stagnation: if we assume what we know or did is right and there are no other options possible, we won’t grow or think outside the box. Wonderful Ted Talk. This is why I recommend YouTubers like Mark Rober, Smarter Every Day, and dog trainers like Susan Garret to people. It’s important to make learning fun and accessible, while also encouraging people to take on big challenges without fearing failure.

" your life is not a bug it's a feature " - mark rober 2018