We wander through virtual worlds, collecting likes, gaining followers, and “levelling up.”
The algorithms keep us hooked, giving us personalised highlight reels and dopamine hits of validation.
But where is the point of all this?
We've gamified our online lives, but to what end?
Too many of us build, create, engage and communicate for metrics rather than meaning.
https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-internet-as-a-video-game
The Internet as a video game. — Joan Westenberg
We wander through virtual worlds, collecting likes, gaining followers, and “levelling up.” The algorithms keep us hooked, giving us personalised highlight reels and dopamine hits of validation. But where is the point of all this? We've gamified our online lives, but to what end? Too many of us