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The surprising effects of video games with Ash Brandin

WorkLife with Adam Grant

CHAPTER

The Game Makes Us Feel Good

A lot of times kids don't have a lot of control in their lives. They spend all day essentially being told what to do and what's expected of them. So then they're put into this world where they can do literally anything they want and it's fine. And if it's not fine, the game enforces it, but it doesn't chastise them. That sense of achievement is the same sense of achievement you would have if you were working on doing free throws in basketball. It's thatsame sense of achievement. Those are the things that really get people to want to play.

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