Gamification

Whether it’s an app for meditating or getting fit or learning a new language, almost everything is designed to feel like a game these days: you get points for reaching goals, maintaining a streak, beating the high scores of other users. Kevin Werbach–professor of legal studies at The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and co-author of "For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact"–studies how game-like features have seeped into nearly every corner of our lives in the last decade.