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cousin_it comments on In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war continued by other means - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2014 09:15:11PM *  11 points [-]

I don't want to accept that the best possible future must contain many unhappy people, because status contests have many losers and few winners. There has to be a better way, like procedurally generating PvE content. Of course if some people like PvP, let them play PvP.

Comment author: moridinamael 22 October 2014 02:07:22AM 8 points [-]

The trick is to have lots and lots of status games in play at once.

Comment author: DanArmak 21 October 2014 10:28:22PM 3 points [-]

Today almost everyone chooses to invest in PvP instead of PvE. Not just society but arguably the human brain is wired to engage in status games, often antagonistic and violent ones. Saying "let them play PvP" is basically saying "let everything stay the same".