Hi @cwebber @fossandcrafts I recently listened to the Foss & Crafts episode 27 on Game Design and Social Systems. I thought you might enjoy this article by a BU professor about how Mario Kart can teach us to reduce world poverty - from the mechanic where in last place you get powerful items while in first place you just get banana peels, in order to keep everyone in the race.

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/could-mario-kart-teach-us-how-to-reduce-world-poverty-and-improve-sustainability/