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Many posters here criticize the a anti-sports bias, but perhaps this bias is useful to an individual and a humanity? Popular games became popular because of th
by vdaniuk 12y ago
Many posters here criticize the a anti-sports bias, but perhaps this bias is useful to an individual and a humanity?
Popular games became popular because of the path-dependent random development some time ago, should we continue on with the status quo?
Or should we try to engineer a new type of game with massive popularity that would be more beneficial to the society and the players and the watchers?
I guess the latter. Afterwards, football, soccer, hockey sports popularity is based on marketing and are successful in large part because of the huge switching costs.
- jdmichal 12y agoI was under the impression that soccer was popular because all you need is a ball and a pitch. Low cost of entry leads to high engagement.