> I'm all for curiosity about life and exploration, but for a lot of games a flat field is simply better, and those games have tons of value. How well you work/

> I'm all for curiosity about life and exploration, but for a lot of games a flat field is simply better, and those games have tons of value. How well you work/interact with other people has a huge impact on life, and active play directly develops those capabilities. This is... reductive. I didn't play any organized sports as a kid, but I don't have trouble working with others. On the other hand I've met plenty of people that played sports all through primary school and they're utter assholes as adults. This narrative is also often used to justify why schools often cut funding for science/arts before cutting sports. To my ear it sounds like someone justifying why their preferred childhood activities were better than someone else's preferred childhood activities.