Comment by mikhmha

I wonder the same. Played MMOs growing up. Got scolded a lot for wasting time on video games.

But I look back now and realize a lot of my foundational knowledge on economics, programming, networking, teamwork, came from MMORPGS. They are social games where you deal with people - and that is a valuable experience.

Unfortunately modern MMO’s are very asocial games and I don’t think much can be learned from them.