Wait, there's people who think games should be used to train our brains/hone skills/do whatever else late stage capitalism demands of us?!
There's also people who think games can be used to strategize real life warfare, People Make Games published this really good documentary about the military using board games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYaDXZ2MI-k
I do think games can help you learn to think strategically, but without a lot of real-life training on top of that (and I mean a lot) your days playing chess aren't going to help in a shooting war, or the like.
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