For various reasons I have decided to close Economics of Plenty. Thank you for your attention. I am going to leave this site as is, it will not disappear. What is more, an anonymous blogger asked me for help in developing his new blog and I gladly agreed to do so. It is called The […]
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Sonia Fizek writes:[1] [When playing video games] we do not think about moral consequences of killing a fictional character, only about the score and weapons we get from eliminating the enemy. This is disputable, especially when taken in the context of video games that make moral choices part of their core mechanics. In classic titles like […]
A reader over at Marginal Revolution asks a serious question: Why do cop movies and TV shows so often begin with an older (and often jaded) officer that is just about to retire? It is quite astounding how often this unrealistic plot trick is employed, and the psychological grounding seems weak at best.