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What do you think of the connection between video games and unemployment? https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/03/30/the-link-between-video-gam
by FDSGSG 5y ago
What do you think of the connection between video games and unemployment? https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/03/30/the-link-between-video-games-and-unemployment https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/03/30/...
- christophilus 5y agoSounds like a causation / correlation mistake. Unemployed people find a way to spend their free time. Sounds to me like games are one of the most engaging escapes from the misery of unemployment.
- harpersealtako 5y agoI tend to agree with this, but I've started to wonder if that's really true. Is there any way to actually test whether correlation != causation for the link between video games and unemployment? Like, an interventional study of some kind for example.
- FDSGSG 5y agoThis is even more interesting in societies where there's little pressure to work, such as nordic welfare states. A lot of men I went to school with in Scandinavia decided they'd rather stay at home and play videogames than find a job.
- gchamonlive 5y agoI think this fits Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man, not a problem with gaming itself.