Philosophical Kernel A great piece of advice I once received: What if your life was a video game? Ironically this question led me to abandon video games, after I asked myself a further question, why are video games exciting? Inside the game, we become a hero who has a sense of purpose, a great mission to fulfil, unbound by the fetters of reality. There exists a great sense of destiny and duty. Why is this not present in our everyday lives? Our lives consist of routine: waking, working, and sl...