I don’t want to accept that the best possible future must contain many unhappy people, because status contests have many losers and few winners. There has to be a better way, like procedurally generating PvE content. Of course if some people like PvP, let them play PvP.
Today almost everyone chooses to invest in PvP instead of PvE. Not just society but arguably the human brain is wired to engage in status games, often antagonistic and violent ones. Saying “let them play PvP” is basically saying “let everything stay the same”.
I don’t want to accept that the best possible future must contain many unhappy people, because status contests have many losers and few winners. There has to be a better way, like procedurally generating PvE content. Of course if some people like PvP, let them play PvP.
The trick is to have lots and lots of status games in play at once.
Today almost everyone chooses to invest in PvP instead of PvE. Not just society but arguably the human brain is wired to engage in status games, often antagonistic and violent ones. Saying “let them play PvP” is basically saying “let everything stay the same”.