Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much
by kodz4 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @09:25PM
(#19473486)
More importantly we live in times were companies are much more efficient at exploiting human weakness.
They do it faster and at larger scales than ever before. There is hardly time for even experts to react to what they are seeing unfold, forget governments.
In the past the only thing that did damage this fast was disease. Anything moving "too fast" through a population without anytime to understand the negative effects should be treated the same way we counter viruses or nuclear chain reactions - with control rods and quarantine periods.
They do it faster and at larger scales than ever before. There is hardly time for even experts to react to what they are seeing unfold, forget governments.
In the past the only thing that did damage this fast was disease. Anything moving "too fast" through a population without anytime to understand the negative effects should be treated the same way we counter viruses or nuclear chain reactions - with control rods and quarantine periods.