Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be

Re:Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It W... by pfarnsworth on Sunday March 11, 2018 @01:14AM (#16561903)

I play a lot of poker, and will risk hundreds of dollars on a single hand.

All of my 401k is in money market mutual funds.

I'm not sure that a straight up games-to-financial-decision type study would be useful, there are many different motivations between playing games or even gambling, and financial decisions.

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Re:Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It W... by prdonahue on Sunday March 11, 2018 @01:27AM (#16561921)

I hope by "money market mutual funds" you mean some general sort of passive-markets based investment approach (not actually holding 100% of your 401k in cash-like instruments)?

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Re:Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It W... by pfarnsworth on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:37PM (#16564636)

Money market mutual funds is a very well defined term.

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Re:Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It W... by pdpi on Sunday March 11, 2018 @07:08AM (#16562550)

I’d argue that, if you have a healthy relationship with skill-based gambling (i.e. poker, not roulette), you’re likelier to come out the other side with a clearer appreciation for risk and reward.

Or, more bluntly: There’s nothing like being acutely aware how easily you can lose your stack on a bad gamble to make you invest your savings wisely. :)

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