In this deeply personal talk, game designer Markus Utomo shares how a medical diagnosis and spiraling anxiety disorder left him lost in fear, and how play brought him back to life. But this isn’t just his story. It’s ours. Drawing on powerful studies Markus makes a bold claim: We’re facing a collective anxiety disorder; as individuals, as schools, as a society. The root cause? Fear-based learning, broken education systems, and an overload of information without meaning. His solution? Play. If fear is the vi ...