@Gwendolyn2018 I found that as well with my girls (we're all nerds). One night we went to dinner at a place with paper tablecloths, and they proceeded to draw and create a detailed world and storyline from their RPG on it for more than two hours. It was impressive.

When my ADHD nephew was about 9, his interest in Minecraft started and it had an amazing impact on him. Not only did he focus for long periods of time, but the intricate plans were good for his ability to focus.

@Gwendolyn2018 I didn't realize some had been classified as literature, but that makes me very happy!

@Lauren It was impressive, or you were impressed? (quibble)

@yvilletom It was impressive, and I was impressed.

@Lauren “It was impressive” is ok when you want power.

@yvilletom Duly noted.

I know for a fact that I could not have said it better, so thank you.

@Lauren I should warn you this history isn't very interesting compared to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom being booed out of office by his own party.
So there's a natural erosion over time of public knowledge on any given subject that happens anyway due to lack of interest.
If public perception is successfully diverted so all their attention is focused on enforcing the cultural norms and assumptions of their group self identities then those could be used for motivational purposes by encouraging the public to see it a certain way.
All this leads to social change that strains a government's ability to maintain social stability because the organs of government are specifically designed to address specific issues.
You don't send only the police to a business on fire, you also send the fire department and paramedics.
So why are we sending only the police into domestic situations involving emotionally or mentally impaired people? Sorry, I have questions like that, like Why don't we ban assault riffles?
Some people think they serve the public good by targeting a part of our social infrastructure and we wonder why those targets are destroyed, like ACORN was destroyed. I wouldn't be shocked if you forgot about it and just let the white washing of history happen. If you're so inclined here is a link to an article about it
[en.wikipedia.org]

We have trends that could lead to the collapse of civilization, it has happened many times before throughout history. We think we're immune because we use smart phones. While they used things like the Antikythera device that took us from 1902 till 2006 to figure out, that's 104 years. They may have had hundreds of clever clockwork devices for a wide variety of purposes, an entire technology.
They created trigonometry and figured out the circumference of the Earth 570 years before the Roman's destroyed Masada. They were in the ballpark with their estimations with the distance to the sun and moon. Those clever apes figured out that when the moon is perfectly halved it is at a 90 degree angle between Earth moon and sun, so compute the hypotenuse and you have the distance to the sun.
Our culture is being attacked by Christian Nationalism that causes people to come to irrational conclusions based on their perceptions being intentionally manipulated by big brother Tucker.
I have gone on a bit I suppose but realizing that conservatism is the path that always leads to depression war and social unrest. but their path has become their destination, they are calling for an inquisition. Who can blame them when family members are dying of neglect in a rural part of the country but you live on the opposite coast. Now you have a mission to get back at, give me a target Tucker!, who's to blame for this? and no one knows who he'll blame. He'd love to blame Jews, but settles for blaming on marijuana, or a gender modification in a line of children's toys or entertainment media. They use it as a surrogate for LGBTQ+ but with a bit of extra disgust for trans-women.
Anyway see through the preposterous delusion conservatives create, refuse cultural identities from MAGA, to Clan, to Disney fan especially the ones based on religion.
See each problem for the hard limited, non-political actuality that it is.
Determining the blame comes after detecting the problem.
If you understood everything I intended to say here and agree then you're "woke" hence the warning I started with. It can be dangerous to know the truth, it makes you speech truth to power at socially awkward moments and those can be hazardous for your health, as so many of the "woke" before us knew first hand.
So be careful out there.

To Lauren, Gwendolyn2018, Willow_Wisp, all the great commentaries on the values in tech: I agree they are useful tools, for a multitude of communications, often helping teens and young adults in forming a profession. My concern is in them being used as electronic 'babysitters" for young children, building a need for constant entertainment with no effort or involvement, and replacing time that could be spent forging personal skills and interests. I love that we can all see different sides of that posting!

@Willow_Wisp Oh, truly I only understand half of what you've said and doubtless need to check out the other half. I first realized I was woke when I started ready Taylor Caldwell books around 10, which started an overwhelmingly depressing awareness beyond the simple unrest of the time I was living in, and I've only become more saturated and trapped in the abyss as I've aged. Escapism and gratitude for some simple little things are all that keep me here.