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this post rocked the boat a bit.
The real question: is culture important for our goals as a movement or not?
In the 21st century, culture is much more than just cuisine, fashion, architecture, music and movies. In fact, music and movies have been severely overshadowed by video games. If we ignore the importance of video games, then we aren’t respecting the times we live in.
Sure, of course people should spend more of their time doing productive things, but are cultural activities not productive at all? Especially interactive ones? There is even scientific evidence that shows that video gamers have superior hand-eye coordination and faster response times. Gamers can
think faster too.Video gaming isn’t always the best use of our time, but sometimes we really do have time to kill. I think video games are much healthier than watching movies and TV all day like the boomers did, who are more passive as a result — they don’t think for themselves, they just let the TV program their brains. Unlike music and movies, which are designed to be passively consumed, video games reward tactical and strategic thinking.