a short story / black comedy about gaming addiction and the value of digital treasures

  • NOVA DRAGON@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The Psycho Wand as a symbol for transient value is intriguing, but it does beg the question: “what is value?” Everything is transient, is it not? From this perspective, how can we say a digital Psycho Wand is more or less valuable than other material possession? Perhaps the answer is to abandon the desire to possess anything at all, but how do we do this when the Western world is built upon fostering this desire from the baby’s rattle to daddy’s new car?