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Title say it all.

Not much more than it already is I presume. :/

Depends what people did instead.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Depends what people did instead. Pornagraphy sites, for kids.

Originally posted by victreebelvictr
Pornagraphy sites, for kids.

Mmm. Then no, probably not. Unless the ad revenue was substantial.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Mmm. Then no, probably not. Unless the ad revenue was substantial. X3

It would be less productive

a society that can't produce petscop or ps4 spidey is unquestionably inferior to our current one.

Well people who play games right now are pretty unproductive...maybe we should just pull a Japanese Trick and Nueter all Game Players.

Keep them from passing on their lazy genes.

Humans have been playing games and wasting time for ages.

About 10% more.

As productive as a society without alcohol.

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Title say it all. Typical liberal troll. First you want our video games, next you'll be coming for my video guns.

Originally posted by Rockydonovang
a society that can't produce petscop or ps4 spidey is unquestionably inferior to our current one.

I don't think there'd be a drastic change, tbh.

Looking into this further, some of the technologies that exist right now (high end GFX hardware, CGI technology, virtual reality, 3d rendering, etc) that have a lot of use in our real lives were either thought of or partially funded by video games.

So now that I think about it more, we may owe video games more than we think.

Comfort in and of itself isn't a bad thing, but something I've grown to notice is that in the comfortable modern era, the significance of certain virtues isn't as obvious to people as it would be in a time where their necessity was made more painstakingly apparent by a need for survival.

I'd just be jerking off instead.

I often think about things like this. Where we'd be or what we'd do without so much media distraction, like if I survived an apocalypse level event or something. After some moderate looting or whatever, I'd most likely be in a library learning how to mill wheat or stitch a wound, things like that. Can't help but think that people would be forced to learn more if there's less to do.

Originally posted by samhain
I often think about things like this. Where we'd be or what we'd do without so much media distraction, like if I survived an apocalypse level event or something. After some moderate looting or whatever, I'd most likely be in a library learning how to mill wheat or stitch a wound, things like that. Can't help but think that people would be forced to learn more if there's less to do.

Turn off your media for a month and find out Without so much noise it's easier to fine tune "purpose."

Hard question

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Title say it all.

Couldn't you do this with any activity?

How much more productive would people be if they didn't watch tv?

How much more productive would they be if they didn't read books for entertainment?

Video games are more addicting than most activities.

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Video games are more addicting than most activities.

More than tv?

Originally posted by snowdragon
Turn off your media for a month and find out Without so much noise it's easier to fine tune "purpose."


I do take myself out of the world a few times a year, not for a month or anything like that but a week in the mountains of The Lake District or The Pennines, no phone, just maybe a guitar and a book. You end up doing the occasional thing just to pass the time, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a few of mankind's advancements and achievements came about through a mild boredom of some sort. 'There's nothing to do, I think I'll pass some time by mapping the stars or tying different types of knots and see how they hold.'