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Is this subtly just chasing dopamine hits by doing things that we are good at? I hadn’t played video games for years when COVID hit. Call of Duty Warzone launc
by stanmancan 4y ago
Is this subtly just chasing dopamine hits by doing things that we are good at?
I hadn’t played video games for years when COVID hit. Call of Duty Warzone launched and since my finances were in order, family was stuck at home, I promptly got pretty addicted to the game. I could play for hours on end chasing the wins. When I died I could reflect on what went wrong, make plans on how to avoid it happening again, and try again right away. Games are so quick that you can iterate and see the results within hours. Other things in life usually take weeks or months to see progress. It’s addicting. I still have to keep the PlayStation disconnected because playing one game can easily turn into playing all week.
Real life requires a lot more work to get the same reward.