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Haven't we been through at least two generations of ubiquitous video games in the west? Is society noticeably different?

• saxonww 5y ago
  Are you kidding? Look at the US in 1980 vs. now. There has been a lot of societal change. I don't think it has much to do with video games, though. Nationwide BBSes (Compuserv, AOL, etc.) and then the Internet have made or accelerated societal change. People can congregate and share information at a scale that wasn't feasible before, and in particular marginalized groups have found strength in numbers that just wasn't possible before. I think the 24 hour television news cycle (and the advertising it takes to support it) has also had more of an impact than games.
  • jayd16 5y ago
    Technology has progressed, obviously, but I don't see any reason to assume video game addiction has had any real impact.
• pphysch 5y ago
  Sexual inactivity among males 22-35 has skyrocketed since the late 00s when social media and online games started getting really big. From ~7% to ~14% [1]. Similar explosion in depression/self-harm among both sexes. [1] - https://ifstudies.org/blog/male-sexlessness-is-rising-but-not-for-the-reasons-incels-claim https://ifstudies.org/blog/male-sexlessness-is-rising-but-no...