Dr. Michael Kilgard

I appreciate the finesse, the dexterity, the complexity.

I think it's fantastic.

All the things they can do to be

running through a complex environment, navigating a map, looking in a certain direction, walking out, watching out for low contrast threats and prizes.

So there's a richness to it that is undeniable.

It's really rewarding and satisfying.

The question is just how well does that generalize to other skills you might need in your life?

How well prepared are you?

And are you able to turn that off at the end of the day and go on to study for your tests, do the dishes, mow the lawn, whatever else needs to be done?

And I think there are certain situations where it's really helpful and there are certain situations where it's overblown.

And the same is true of reading.

I mean I think my grandfather was a head librarian at Arizona State University and it seemed like reading – there's no end to reading.

Couldn't we just all do more reading?

And reading is great, but there's also restrictions from reading.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of my heroes and he says, you know, books well used are among the best of things and poorly used among the worst.

And the idea is if you could be coming up with your own ideas, maybe you shouldn't need to be following someone else's story and their own adventure.

Maybe you should go out and do your own a little bit.

And the question of proportions is a challenging one.

When it's raining and you can't go outside, maybe that's a good time for reading.

When it's a nice day outside, you could be going outside.