Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We rehearse for almost everything that matters, but making high-stakes decisions under pressure with incomplete information usually goes unpracticed. Riskgaming is a set of strategic simulations from Lux Capital that helps practice it: each person takes on a character and a private objective, then competes through a crisis drawn from the frontier of tech, business, and geopolitics. These scenarios have run with U.S. senators, four-star generals, foreign ministers, biotech executives, and undergraduates alike. This talk introduces Riskgaming's design philosophy and makes the case for experiential simulation as a core way to learn how to govern technology.
Speaker:
Laurence Pevsner, Partner, Research, Lux Capital
Recorded at the 2026 Games for Change Festival, "Reimagining Play," July 21
to 22 at The Glasshouse in New York City.
Learn more about Games for Change at www.gamesforchange.org.
We rehearse for almost everything that matters, but making high-stakes decisions under pressure with incomplete information usually goes unpracticed. Riskgaming is a set of strategic simulations from Lux Capital that helps practice it: each person takes on a character and a private objective, then competes through a crisis drawn from the frontier of tech, business, and geopolitics. These scenarios have run with U.S. senators, four-star generals, foreign ministers, biotech executives, and undergraduates alike. This talk introduces Riskgaming's design philosophy and makes the case for experiential simulation as a core way to learn how to govern technology.
Speaker:
Laurence Pevsner, Partner, Research, Lux Capital
Recorded at the 2026 Games for Change Festival, "Reimagining Play," July 21
to 22 at The Glasshouse in New York City.
Learn more about Games for Change at www.gamesforchange.org.
