Atomized Fun Vs Multisensory Fun

  • hasSource De Atomization Is the Secret to Happiness
    • "Playing the videogame is very fun, but it’s monolithic. It’s just play, there’s no environmental novelty full of multisensory stimuli to hook your memory into. It blurs from one moment to the next, and like bad American Chinese food, you find yourself paradoxically unsatiated when you’re done. There’s something more fun about complex fun, even if the individual moments might score lower on the hedonometer."
    • "atomization encourages us to reduce multivariate experiences, often the most important parts of life, to their single most obvious element:"