Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you've noticed?

Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by jaxn on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:04PM (#21361165)

I'm not as quick to assume reading a textbook is inherantly more meaningful than playing WoW.

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by wyldfire on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:39PM (#21361331)

I suspect WoW might be like several other games in that the marginal benefit of continued play after an initial phase is small.

But if it's social/multiplayer and your group feels a personal connection while playing (maybe w/people you know IRL), you might get a greater benefit from the game.

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by dwaltrip on Saturday October 26, 2019 @02:06AM (#21362013)

Sure, perhaps not inherently. But do you think, looking across the world, that the median hour spent playing WoW is likely less meaningful than the median hour spent reading a textbook?

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by jdpigeon on Saturday October 26, 2019 @04:42AM (#21362548)

Hell yes. 90 hours of cumulative textbook reading time is pretty much an undergraduate degree. 90 hours of WoW is like.. getting to level 40

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by andrepd on Saturday October 26, 2019 @09:09AM (#21363431)

Hence my very last (caveat). I'm sure you understand my point though.

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