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I don't understand why you are taking this personally. It's pretty established that video games can be addictive and when someone is addicted to something they
by robjan 7y ago
I don't understand why you are taking this personally. It's pretty established that video games can be addictive and when someone is addicted to something they usually neglect other parts of their life. It's a big enough problem that the WHO have defined "Gaming disorder" in the ICD https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/ https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/
- solveit 7y agoSomething can be harmful at the extremes while being beneficial on average. Actually, almost everything we do falls into this category. I don't find it at all obvious that video games have been a net harm to humanity even if we restrict to physical health.
- claudiawerner 7y agoNobody is arguing that video games are a net harm to humanity, but I'm interested in knowing just what benefits you think video gaming confers versus things which haven't been identified as addictive, such as reading books. The fact is that we can't give video games a carte blanche simply because most people deal with them well. Alcohol is usually fine for most people, like video games it can confer benefits (e.g. social ones) but that doesn't mean alcoholism is a bogus thing to worry about.