Agentic coding triggers the same neurons as a 14-hour Civilization addiction
aniketapanjwani · x · 2026-10-20
@alzzyd observes that the personality type which plays Civilization or Factorio 14 hours a day can be absurdly economically productive if you take the games away and get him to think of the job as a videogame. Aniket Anjwani relates: he had to quit computer games cold turkey in college because of this personality type, and the reason he's developed proficiency with AI is that agentic coding triggers the same "Civ 3" neurons that wrecked him academically in high school.
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