The Behavior Pioneers Application: An Intentional Community Prototype

This paper describes a fictional questionnaire intended to be completed by applicants to an intentional community devoted to gamifying all aspects of its members’ lives. This format was chosen as a plausible alternative to science fiction tropes that include the population of entire worlds or counties. It was also chosen because the historical motivations for creating intentional communities closely match forces affecting modern populations particularly familiar with and attracted to gamification. Its goal is not to make a specific statement or argument about the nature of gamification, but to let readers come to their own conclusions about the repercussions of creating a community based on the ideals embedded in the application’s questions.