[cod3rboy]

> This strange quirk of human behavior can even cost lives. In South Korea, a young couple became so addicted to raising a virtual baby that they let their real baby starve to death. The parents prioritized what they could quantify — levelling up their virtual baby — over that which they couldn’t — the life of their real one.

This is so sad. Such incident indeed confirms technology is pursuing people into forgetting real meaning and values of life. I am worried about the generation which has born in this gamification era. They need to be repeatedly taught about life meaning and values to differentiate between what's real and what's imaginary.

[chihuahua]

Truly shocking; that sounds like a plot line that Black Mirror rejected because it sounded too implausible.

[mistermann]

See also: war, and the various Just So stories we tell about it.