In other words, first you provide the cow paths, then you pave the cow paths. Another impressive simulation she shows is a video of an audience full of people flying a simulated airplane. On a big screen in a darkened room, clouds zip by and mountain peaks loom up. But the virtual plane manages to avoid obstacles and stay on the course outlined in a little red box on the screen, even though it is being controlled not by an individual but by the whole audience. Each member has a wand whose movements affect the virtual plane's position.
People are goal oriented and they want to succeed.
Plus, adds another, these people are getting instant feedback about the consequences of their actions. That is not realistic. She returns to struggling with the Windows program on her laptop. The conferees call out suggestions and a solution evolves that gets the next simulation up on the screen. Once a certain level of connectedness is established, there is no going back.