The point of this game isn't even the game. This shit is crazy on a cultural level and also microtransactions are projected to be something like $57 billion dollars globally by the end of the year. People from diverse walks of life are interacting and finding commonalities that weren't perceived before. People are getting out- it's crazy. From Michigan to Minnesota over the past week I've seen throngs of people travelling and talking on the streets. My walk to work used to be just me, no other pedestrians most days, now everyone is out, more active, having fun, and interacting more socially, even if it's over something trivial. The implications this has for the medium is game changing in a lot of ways, and a smart government would do well to take notes.
"We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one new delusion and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.
…Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."
- Charles Mackay (from his book ... "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds", 1852)
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