Asterisk Essay: Humans Are Shifting from Narrative-Based to Game-Like Thinking
Scobleizer · x · 2026-11-13
Asterisk magazine publishes "We Are All Playable Characters" by Hannah Kim, diagnosing "main character syndrome": games tell us what to do, and for many people that's a pleasant escape from having to write our own life's story. Kim argues this is more than a trend — humans are increasingly moving away from narrative-based thinking toward game-like thinking. Shared by Robert Scoble.
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