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Go Ahead and Let Him Try: A Plea For Egonomic Laissez-Faire

2003; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.473444

1556-5068

Daniel B. Klein,

Game Theory and Applications

At a sandwich shop I used to frequent in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, there was a video game - Galaga, I believe - with a sign on it saying, Must be 16 years old to play. Evidently someone felt that video playing by youngsters was getting out of hand. In truth, playing Galaga can, in the case of the skillful, consume a lot of time, and, in the case of the unskillful, a lot of time and money. It won't expand the mind, and the skills developed are unlikely to be of lasting service, except in playing video games. In favor, however, is the sheer joy of it - what else is life for?