22: Ammoun Dissi and Justin Hefter, Playing with the Enemy

Today survival — peace, nonviolence — really depends not just on the internal communities you belong to but the communities we can form that are global communities. — Justin Hefter Ammoun Dissi and Justin Hefter discovered that people on opposite sides of the same conflict, in regional conflicts around the world, are more likely to be playing the same computer games than gamers in other parts of the world. Recognizing an opportunity to exploit this common ground their company Bandura Games develops cooperative gaming platforms that enable gamers who might otherwise view each other as enemies to come together as friends.