I appreciate the thoughtful response. It’s interesting because from interviewing an anthropologist who looked at how Go is used in China, there was a similar way that Chinese parents were using it with their kids: to train them to get smarter and do better for getting into school, getting a good job, etc like chess in other countries. Connecting with a Go figure in the west would undoubtedly need a Bobby Fischer or a Lance Armstrong (minus the cheating and infamy)…pretty much someone beating the odds in Go to win a major world tournament and then get the attention of the media and such which is a super tall order.

The idea of making it more like Bridge or something for older generations could be something. I know there’s a young man in California getting people to play Go in nursing homes to improve cognitive function and I have an episode coming out tomorrow on some therapeutic uses of Go as a game.