Pitch
The prefrontal cortex of the human brain craves novelty. Casino operators and game makers exploit this, to our detriment.
Description
Make life easier/more difficult for Singapore?
More difficult
Describe the change
Neurologists have found that there are significant similarities between behavioral addictions like gambling and other addictions. This is because the certain activities like the stimuli in casinos are able to trigger a heightened sense of pleasure similar to the way that a drug does.
Overtime, game makers learn from Casino operators and apply their strategies to games. Trends like Pokemon go gain further traction. Increasingly addictive games are created in a bid to increase and sustain game makers’ revenue base. A segment of society could find it increasingly difficult to focus on work and even maintaining a regular life due to their addiction.
How will this change impact Smart Nation Singapore in 2030?
•Productivity and the economy will suffer as people fall prey to unscrupulous gamer makers exploiting our neurological weaknesses.
It could take a while for authorities to figure out how to regulate this unless advised by neurologists.
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