Good tweets by @orthonormalist on the virtues of video games (tho regrettably unthreaded; you'll have to track them down yourself).
I tend to dislike video games as a memetic hazard / substitute for true achievement, but also understand that everyone needs relaxation and fun.https://twitter.com/orthonormalist/status/1174770699287678977 …
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I got to field strip an AR-15 a hundred times in simulation before irl and it was helpful. Same for some car repair stuff.
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big discussion here about "best being the enemy of the good" vs "low hanging substitutes distract one from the real thing" plus also "dopamine farming means that simulations will trump reality" plus also "is the qualia of reality inherently better BECAUSE real?" (I think yes)
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Coincidentally, I argue that games provide a safe way to learn extremely valuable but high risk skills:https://twitter.com/moritheil/status/1174763340993892352 …
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