Solving Open Ended Problems | Episode 012 Video Game Addiction

[@iChrisBirch]

This guy is the savior of all intellectual introverts in the world having an existential crisis.

[@vedranjez]

What are intellectual introverts?

[@csanadtemesvari9251]

@@vedranjez Maybe you should sit down, the answer might shock you: They are , drumrolls please: intellectuals and introverts. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[@vedranjez]

@@csanadtemesvari9251 Hope you are funny in your virgin life as you are on internet.

[@mlghassan]

@@vedranjez y so rood

[@vedranjez]

@@mlghassan play stupid games, get stupid prizes

[@DivineHeart734]

Thank you Alok, for helping me understand myself. I've lived 23 years of my life not knowing the extent of which video-games programmed my mind. Your videos have helped me and you are changing the world for the better.

[@harriskicksyou]

Same

[@instantpug7036]

Wow. I‘m a woman. I have not had problems finding relationships. I seem to be getting along well socially (seem). I wash (sometimes). But I have struggled with the job thing and following my dreams and passion all my life. I stopped gaming after my early 20s because nothing else had me SO addicted. And it was exactly what you said: I LOVED having to solve problems that had a concrete ending. I loved RPGs where I had a purpose, a concrete goal for existence. Making one (or ones) myself was - and is - REALLY hard. Solving real life is anxiety-inducing AS HELL. I already learned what I had to do about it a while ago (and that is exactly what you said). But it’s so hard and the way you summarized it… incredible. Nike was right. Just do it.

[@quynhnhu1465]

Same as you, too bad i discover this guy a little late. Hope your life got better now!

[@Minikimii]

Watching these lectures have really helped me understand the mechanisms behind the struggles I've had with my PhD studies. The challenge of being good at close-ended and bad at open-ended problem solving was something I started to really tangibly feel in my dissertation research. It's taking me longer than expected to finish my PhD, and having this struggle tied to language I can understand is helping me to identify why I "fall down rabbit holes" during the research process as me and my advisor call it. During grad school, I gradually stopped spending as much time doing creative painting and writing and music making, but I didn't let go of time spent gaming. It's been interesting listening to this video series and reflecting on how this has changed me during the last four years, and I feel like just hearing about the mechanisms behind the gaming brain is helping me to understand why and how this change in my cognitive process has taken place. This particular segment of what it's like to leave med school and look for a job is helping me to think about ways I might struggle with the job-finding process after my doctorate. It will likely help me be kinder to myself during the process and try to tackle it in a different way. The dread is lessening. Thank you so much for what you're doing, Dr K and the HealthyGamer team!

[@fauxfox7209]

Great episode thanks for the uploads mate

[@bunberrier]

When I hear this explained, it fits. For example, last year I decided to build a work trailer from a bare chassis. The methods of construction were completely open, up to me, and I could not decide what to do. To get around this, I limited the choice of source material to what was already present in and around the shop. After looking at what was possible within this limited set, I quickly arrived at a best solution and built it. Think about that. Limiting myself to a small selection of scrap to create something was actually easier than access to unlimited resources at markets: steel, lumber, composites, whatever. Money was not an issue.

[@bunberrier]

@@micranes673 Yes in retrospect I made it into a game.

[@messer7450]

Decisions fatigue is real

[@saifahmed1140]

Ur video's literally is changing my life thank u man 💖

[@Richard-cv7bu]

Wow, I didn't even expect to learn very much from this video because I didn't even realise I have this problem. I am trying to apply for an internship abroad but was half giving up because there seem to be so many steps and I don't know where to begin. Breaking up the problem as much as possible seems like a good plan.

[@owlfrogelephants]

If you generalize from what he said. Breaking things into concrete parts, and then working from those premises. It is very easy for a gamer to effectively turn their lives into a game with premises to work from. Truly, one could be OP!

[@pudelmuetz1]

so apparently i have the exact same problem. my boss at work just told me this and i lost a job opportunity because im not very good at solving open ended problems. Funny how i just stumble upon this video literally a couple days later

[@pudelmuetz1]

@@micranes673 its never to late i guess

[@sssaturn]

really happy i stumbled upon this series, ive been following you the last year and this is covering every internal/personal struggle ive been dealing with since graduating college. it makes sense of many of my defense mechanisms i see myself falling into... this is just the start, we all will develop and unlock the potential we know we all have

[@redacteduser8304]

These are absolutely incredible o.0. Loving this series so far!

[@RGSTR]

THANK YOU! Finally I get what I'm missing. Thank you for helping me grow!

[@Logan-jk4go]

I didn't even make it to the college part because my school didn't give me a "script" to follow so all I did was game after school and blew off applying to college and scholarships. I ended up joining the military because it's a close ended do this go here type problem.

[@f16airforce]

Good on you. Joining the military takes a lot of guts

[@xXJeReMiAhXx99]

Fr, i feel like just going military sometimes

[@mtgrabbitwizard1679]

probably doesnt help when your parents tell you to walk in and ask to talk to the manager of a big company because thats what they did 50 years ago...

[@goaboy99]

“they even find girlfriends” ... I hope that’ll be me someday 🙋

[@angads.5093]

good luck king

[@PedroStaziaki]

This video was like a missing puzzle piece for me. I am gamer AND a doctor finishing my training (Radiology) applying for jobs and I do not know what the fuck I do now! hahaha

[@kumartatsat868]

holy shit, that's like dynamic programming. you just gotta find the smallest concrete problem that you can solve, rather than work on a big abstract problem that you don't know the solution to...

[@vaevictus4637]

This is a fascinating delve into problem solving and the obstacles people face when attempting to engage in it.

[@goodintention5952]

dr.kanojia am unemployed dr. and i can't say how much that was so relevant to me. Am so grateful to god i found you... i used to play 6 hours a day when i was at my elementary... and you can immagine how my life went just as ordered by others even going to medical scool and graduating with a gpa 2.2 with no much side experiences gained .

[@HiHello-jo8tp]

One thing I've learned here is that games always have some sort of instruction manual while life and its problems doesn't.

[@domjfp]

That’s probs why I’ve always gravitated towards games all my life

[@lemonke5341]

google has instruction manual for life

[@blackemhyrvaremreis4382]

MY SAVIOR, thanks bruh

[@fairygurl9269]

Having a WalkThru and or Power Level is sooo helpful ✌😋 Want to Thank you, Sir! I am glad you (as well as all the Parts that Have helped shape Along the way) Exist and you are Paying it Forward Abundantly 😀

[@LegsON]

Amazing playlist, friend. You're brilliant!

[@globington]

I clicked this video as an experiment to see if even the least interesting sounding video on this channel (no offence) would still blow my mind.. and it bloody did.. literally every video is epiphany after epiphany!

[@globington]

Edited in "(no offence)" for obvious reasons, and the word "bloody" cuz it bloody did blow my mind

[@curtiscrowe4680]

Exactly, his channel is a goldmine. Even the videos with a thousand views has information that's killer.

[@awalkerbout]

Thank you Dr K and his great team

[@bedari3326]

ty Dr.K

[@RPGyourLIFE]

The accuracy with which you described my life.. ummm wow

[@venrakdrake]

"They're hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, they've never had a paycheck, that's a docotr" Well, glad I dodged that bullet lol

[@Real_Vikash]

We call it spoon-feeding in NZ, it's not good.

[@HunterWolf14]

14:45 Well, there's something that hits a bit too close to home

[@ED-cl7nl]

Holy fucking shit this is helping me so much I am beyond words

[@tylercriss6435]

How. Do we. Solve this? I'm doing open ended research in a genetic engineering competition and I am just entirely lost. There is no script! It's up to us!

[@jmarch_503]

Did you solve it ?

[@uniworkhorse]

Damn he really calling us out

[@LBZDreamer]

Man, when I got my first PC in 2016 I use to work every weekend but that stopped and started playing games more and more and became more anti social and it really hit me hard in highschool, I always passed my class with B's or C's so that wasn't the issue. I just became so socially awkward I just wanted to end it. Soon

[@gksr5593]

16:25 the original Dr.k out of context

[@psadlkfpsk]

Instantly thought of that lmao

[@asadplatypus3940]

Can we all agree dr.K looks fucking fresh here

[@caitlinashberry932]

This one handed me my ass in a way I didn't expect. When he talks about open ended and abstract problems and not seeing the abstract options, I felt that. I did it for economic reasons but I've closed a lot of doors and started looking only looking one step in each direction. I am not looking at C, I'm only looking for the next B and then picking from the available thing Bs. And I'm OK but I found myself thinking what is my thing C? How do I think bigger and make that step B into a piece of a larger narrative.

[@neighbor9672]

Alok is so fuckin cool!

[@truecult666]

A lot of gamer bro types end up washing out of computer science programs and I wonder if this is why. Programming is sort of the ultimate excercise in abstract / open ended problem solving

[@7MrFlyingIgel7]

I would argue, that programming is a close ended problem solving skill, and thats why gamers are better at is, then the avarage joe.

[@stephengibbons2235]

@@7MrFlyingIgel7 I'd agree too, programming has set rules that you need to adhere to, you can't get any different than what the language is. While there are some abstract thinking idea's, it's to focus on an end goal

[@niketsharma4542]

I think you got it wrong, Programming is actually a Concrete thinking(Closed ended) problem solving. You are supposed to work in a given premise and optimization is also a very important aspect. Maybe soloing an entire project is something that can be considered an open ended thing but solving a specific coding problem is definitely close ended

[@traywor]

"It's not that they are smart", best blooper (8:35)

[@reubenroy]

This is awesome

[@uniworkhorse]

Why don't these lectures have more views?!?

[@lexington5877]

I don’t get it; are all episodes uploaded? Some seem to be missing.

[@mario7501]

Is this the full series or is there more? :D

[@eliwalther4677]

Stay in Texas? Where did that come from? 12:30

[@alexanderfischer541]

Thank good he is using sophisticated language and is swearing all the time, makes it so much more familiar to the game 😂

[@dominikhufner3562]

I really liked this video series so far. It helped me alot since the videos convinced me that a lot of things i figured out, during the period of trying to get rid of my gaming addiction, were actually the right way to go. Besides that i think u got kind of lost in explaining examples over and over in this video. In my opinion this video could be a minimum of 5 minutes shorter, so the viewer would not loose attention so fast, by listening to repeating exaples with no further value compared to the first two given. Thanks tho

[@BPaccV]

Is it too late for me an 23 years old Engineer student who is gaming alot und not working ?

[@fairygurl9269]

I think Not so Long as you have Life Bars Left 😘

[@dukereg]

Age 23: If only I'd learnt this skill when I was 18. Now I fear it's too late. Age 30: If only I'd learnt this skill when I was 23. Now I fear it's too late. Age 40: If only I'd learnt this skill when I was 30. Now I fear it's too late. etc. I hope you get what I'm saying.

[@domjfp]

23..you’re still young lol, I’m 28 and I’ve barely done nothing with my life 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@itsmebougie]

nice office reference

[@vinipaivas]

This is a great lecture and content. Amazing to have found this. But, be honest. There is no one in this class, you just wanted to record this. :P

[@moh.syafrianabie8899]

14:00

[@goldforpewter]

I learn, I go to work just for the money I can buy and play games. Am I sick?😂

[@lordofentropy]

Few of the most important points he touched on for so many gamers: - Lose the fedora. - Lose the neckbeard. - Lose the smell.

[@realEchoz]

6 hours a day? a casual?

[@mehranshahbaz2532]

"Rookie numbers"

[@domjfp]

6 hours a day is more than casual lol

[@realEchoz]

@@domjfp sounds like something a casual would say

[@domjfp]

@@realEchoz ofcourse, i am a casual gamer :)

[@jayanthisampathkumar2281]

I think problem is the same for a wannabe doctor to find a college, find a med school and find a residency place. Not sure I agree with doctors having it scripted. I do agree with gamers not being able to solve open ended problems.

[@zoomless1521]

i am a vet student and a "gamer" fuck.

[@SirContent]

i am just lazy cuz, I know how to find a job but I just dont want to apply those steps

[@mirusbhergh]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FEDORA???

[@Horesmi]

Any surgeons in the comments?

[@BooseJuice]

Point made at 15:27 basically that one needs to take responsibility for their life by making their own choices. Thus there is no pill on KZbin. Turn it off

[@Nestoras_Zogopoulos]

then again u reached that conclusion on youtube so i wouldnt be so fast on that one

[@Agentchow99]

This is pretty much accurate. My brother is the med school type and way better than me at anything academic. He was the 4.0 GPA Ivy league kind of guy, but his academic med advisors sucked in undergrad for some reason. Once he didn't have some plan laid out for him, he failed getting in when applying the first year. The second year around he realized he would actually have to think for himself and developed his own plan for getting in. Meanwhile im not nearly as smart/hardworking but make up for it by being "resourceful". This allowed me to pursue computer science and land multiple 100k TC+ jobs without the help of any of the shitty advisors from my school. I was able to actually develop my own plan of networking/leetcoding everyday along with portfolio optimization. This allowed me to be an extremely enticing candidate to a lot of the FAANG's. None of my advisors, who all had a background in some bullshit like communications or something, could tell me the first thing about landing a job with Google or Citadel.

[@EamonBurke]

I like how gamers listening to this are thinking to themselves "Man, what insight. Now I've basically been to medical school. Me and Doctors are pretty much the same."

[@nononouh]

8 11 15

[@shameful_dismay]

It's weird how you you formulate "finding a girlfriend" as a task or a accomplishment. Even though it's not that simple. As if the woman is an item you acquire after a quest. I mean there are plenty of women who are as socially awkward as gamers(men) are. The real task is in communicating your feelings and interests to the right person. And if the person is socially inept as you are, the only problem is finding them, which is a harder task then finding socially adept people who freely traverse our streets, coffee shops and night clubs.

[@TactlessGuy]

You completely went off on a tangent about getting a girlfriend without realizing that you literally proved the point of this video.

[@shameful_dismay]

@@TactlessGuy yeah >_>

[@PauloRomeira]

I'm sorry but this is so verbose... The message contained in this 18 min video could be passed in two or three sentences.