Framework trying their darnnest to harness (heh) this power

...Is that a new type of heresy? what is this good time you speak of?!

Pre-ordering has the illusion of value. When you pre-order chances are it gets you into the game before others and with extra stuff to boot. That could be an advantage that could snowball. Or atleast that is one of the rationalizations that can be made. Saldy, even assuming that is true, it wouldn't matter since the game tends to be shit/unplayable at launch.

The pre-orders that technically are worth anything are those that give physical baubles/items that could contain value to some individuals. But right now? yeah pre-orders are scams.

But speaking personally now, the feelings can be so damn strong that you create "logical" reasons to pre-order and then end up lamenting at the idiocy or full commit to sunk cost fallacy.

I think the rog ally had Microsoft word (maybe even just office) come with it.

The biggest issue with pre-ordering is the gaming community itself tbh. Even if an individual knows better intellectually, companies have people specialized to make advertising as engaging as possible. Most of us (I used to be one of them) simply do not have the tools, nor the idea, of how to mentally combat "hype trains" and thus get our expectations up praying that the game will come out good and satisfy us for a bit.

|| https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/gsmall# ||

A 2014 meta-analysis indicated a correlation between media use and attention problems. [ http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018 ]

A recent survey of adolescents without symptoms of ADHD at the start of the study indicated a significant association between more frequent use of digital media and symptoms of ADHD after 24 months of follow-up.Citation [ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2687861 ]

Executive Functioning: Executive function refers to a set of high-order cognitive abilities that enable humans to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. The reason for the link between technology use and attention problems is uncertain, but might be attributed to repetitive attentional shifts and multitasking, which can impair executive functioning. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26999354/]

In a study of children aged 8 to 12 years, more screen and less reading time were associated with decreased brain connectivity between regions controlling word recognition and both language and cognitive control.[ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29215151/ ] Such connections are considered important for reading comprehension and suggest a negative impact of screen time on the developing brain. Structurally, increased screen time relates to decreased integrity of white-matter pathways necessary for reading and language. [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31682712/ ]

|| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26999354/ ||

“Correlations between symptoms of addictive technology use and mental disorder symptoms were all positive and significant, including the weak interrelationship between the two addictive technological behaviors.”

|| https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/140/Supplement_2/S76/34184?utm_source=TrendMD ||

“Although no studies showing causal relationships yet exist, problematic Internet use is associated with having greater difficulties in emotion regulation…” [ https://europepmc.org/article/med/25041745 ]

there are too many and I don’t have more time atm.

|| https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/gsmall# ||

A 2014 meta-analysis indicated a correlation between media use and attention problems. [ http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018 ]

A recent survey of adolescents without symptoms of ADHD at the start of the study indicated a significant association between more frequent use of digital media and symptoms of ADHD after 24 months of follow-up.Citation [ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2687861 ]

Executive Functioning: Executive function refers to a set of high-order cognitive abilities that enable humans to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. The reason for the link between technology use and attention problems is uncertain, but might be attributed to repetitive attentional shifts and multitasking, which can impair executive functioning. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26999354/]

In a study of children aged 8 to 12 years, more screen and less reading time were associated with decreased brain connectivity between regions controlling word recognition and both language and cognitive control.[ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29215151/ ] Such connections are considered important for reading comprehension and suggest a negative impact of screen time on the developing brain. Structurally, increased screen time relates to decreased integrity of white-matter pathways necessary for reading and language. [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31682712/ ]

|| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26999354/ ||

"Correlations between symptoms of addictive technology use and mental disorder symptoms were all positive and significant, including the weak interrelationship between the two addictive technological behaviors."

|| https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/140/Supplement_2/S76/34184?utm_source=TrendMD ||

"Although no studies showing causal relationships yet exist, problematic Internet use is associated with having greater difficulties in emotion regulation.." [ https://europepmc.org/article/med/25041745 ]

there are too many and I don't have more time atm.

lmao. It is easier to tell someone not to play with fire when they see another house burning down

Lmao it pains me every time I think of my prior behavior as a kid on the net. Becoming an adult, I was not prepared to face the shame of my behavior simply due to my lack of understanding. I genuinely thought I knew. ugh.

Technology is clinically known to suppress emotions. It has a correlation to a-motivation. So banning technology use in school is actually good. It's just that most schools think that will fix all the motivation problems, which it will not.