On: Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

[cassianoleal]

Or the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Game [0]. Every time I watch that I get this eerie sensation that we're essentially giving our free will up to the masters of the games and social platforms we're addicted to.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_%28Star_Trek:_The_Nex...

[dartos → cassianoleal]

Wow! The game in this episode has been living in my head since I was a child and I could never find where it was from!

I need to watch this episode again

[vouaobrasil → cassianoleal]

Darn, I forgot that episode. That's a very eerie parallel to some of what we have today.

[NBJack → vouaobrasil]

"If you just let the game happen, it almost plays itself." The quote from the episode certainly makes me think about the "idle games" genre that has emerged in that last several years.