Nolan Bushnell talks educational games, the future of jobs, and Five Nights at Freddy’s

If school districts moved as fast as the educational games they could be putting in front of their students, the United States would be leading the world into a better place.

Such was the crux of my recent email exchange with industry titan Nolan Bushnell. The Atari founder spoke at the GamesBeat Summit in May, focusing on recent strides made in the educational sector of the games industry with his company Brain Rush. I caught up with him both during and after the conference to speak further on that subject, how the games industry drives innovation in much the same fashion as a theme park, and how the future of technology could make the jobs economy much, much worse.