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Addiction in the age of the metaverse

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The Metaverse and Addiction

As people progress in their addiction, they need more of their drug and more potent forms over time to get the same effect. We head early in the programme from rebecca lockwood at the national centre for gaming disorder who believes that gaming addiction is already an issue even before the metvers takes hold. Imagine a medicine made up of pixles and playcreated with cognitive science and proven in clinical studies. A videoganeo that invites your child to discover new worlds. But while some parents worry about their children spending too much time looking at screens, one mother is actively encouraging her son to play one game in particular.

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