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"Real Lives" is another interesting game. You get born in a random country, weighted by actual rate of births in that country, and go from there https://en.wi
by qPM9l3XJrF 5y ago
"Real Lives" is another interesting game. You get born in a random country, weighted by actual rate of births in that country, and go from there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Lives
https://reallivesworld.com/gamers/index.html https://reallivesworld.com/gamers/index.html
Looks like their website is kinda crappy which is a shame. Anyway, my parents bought it for me and my siblings when I was a kid. And playing it definitely helped me appreciate the fact that I was a member of the lucky sperm club compared to the vast majority of the global population.
- alexgmcm 5y agoYeah, I also played that game and had pretty much the same experience as you. Hopefully, the world has improved somewhat since the game was written.
- pmiller2 5y agoI don't think it has. Not for the majority, anyway. Maybe it has for members of the "lucky sperm club."
- qPM9l3XJrF 5y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/11/Extreme-Poverty-projection-by-the-World-Bank-to-2030.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/11/Extreme-Poverty-p...