This is a theme which the video game Inscryption plays with a little, both with ingame mechanics representing similar effects, and (spoiler) some effort towards

This is a theme which the video game Inscryption plays with a little, both with ingame mechanics representing similar effects, and (spoiler) some effort towards extending this outside the game to at least the computer you are playing it on, though the developer wisely goes with the honor system for actually enacting the results.