Elon Musk Explains Why Everyone Should Be Playing VIDEO GAMES - Kids Especially!
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Published 2021-12-27
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Remember he did not say “spend your life in video games”
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Honestly TV is probably worse than video games just due to how passive it is. Depending on the game being played, it can train creativity, problem solving and communication skills.
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“I learned more about trading money in mmos than I did in business school” -Asmon
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Funny that playing skyrim as a kid made me want to explore the shit out of our real world. Now everytime I save some money and have abit of free time I go backpacking somewhere I've never been.
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Playing videogames inspired me to be a videogame creator.
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I'm 74 and I've played video game for 40 years, I believe that great for older people, they keep your mind sharp, there's always a negative with anything you do, stay with the positives.
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Me as a kid: obsessed with video games. Me as an adult: working in tech lol. Irony is I don't play as much
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“Video games are bad.” Loser normie continues to watch netflix
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Yes as long you can stay innovative and not get addicted or unproductive with it. Totally agree here 👍 👏 🙌🏽
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He's not wrong, there always is a logical reason for everything people try to do and learn.
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I’ve never discouraged my son from playing / he’s always been a smart kid and did well in school and was motivated to work. For him/ it’s a blessing as he’s very computer literate and loves programming and technology etc
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Im glad I never listened to people saying I should quit video games
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That's pretty accurate I have been into video games since I was 5 years old! And I would say they play significant role in my life because of those video games I become so interested in programming and therefore very successful software engineer !! So there you have it Elon was right!!
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That's how I got into software engineering because of video games. Thank you Mom and Dad for letting my obsession become my career.
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20 years ago, Need for Speed Underground pushed my interest in cars and subsequently car design, which influenced my career greatly so I completely agree on this.
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You know the funny things I’m in programming classes, and the teacher’s first assignment was introduce your self in the discussion board and borderline every students favorite hobby was video games
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My grandaughter loves games and inventing music and art design on computer. She doesnt like school. Maybe she is headed right. She is 9 yrs old.
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“Video games houses”
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tbh how I got a degree in computer science is because of video games. I plan to make games from scratch. what he's saying is definitely true. people who play video games have the potential to be really smart in technology and also have the potential to be really successful.
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Video games in today's age are the easiest platform to influence minds, and feed narratives, and eventually mould reality for them. But if you've a strong mind, all that crap won't affect you or stop you from having fun in games. But everyone is not the same.