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That's nonsense. The same could be said of most hobbies. The motivation isn't learning real life skills, it's entertainment.
by totallywrong 3y ago
That's nonsense. The same could be said of most hobbies. The motivation isn't learning real life skills, it's entertainment.
- smitty1e 3y agoI'm +infinity on "antiknowledge", but I like your "entertainment" point. To harmonize these ideas, I argue to the kids that the "entertainment" choices are like spice on the food. We want enough to enjoy the flavor in question, but not so much that the usage becomes expensive or overpowers the dish.
- atoav 3y agoIt can be. But isn't it a question of balance? If you play some useless¹ game for the majority of your days, you can have multiple reasons for this. Maybe it keeps you occupied and thinking of the problems in your life? But after a certain degree it certainly does not "entertain" you anymore: You are doing it because doing anything else that you can think of feels worse. And a few years after not a lot will be left of it, unless you played with your friends or there was something in it for you beyond just pushing the time forward. If I am playing my instrument for hours, I have at least improved at expressing my feelings with my instrument while having a generally good and relaxing time. And after years of doing it I can do it well enough to play on concerts without feeling afraid. I know to many people who are so afraid of their own thoughts, they will obsessively "entertain" themselves dueinf all wake hours, and the majority of the time they are not enjoying it. This is bad. We only have one life. You don't get a price for having some the most, but at least do something that is meaningful. ¹ a game that you yourself don't even love that much