Periagoge
Scenario

When families accidentally gamify virtue in trying to resist technology

Our family agreed to have one day a week focused on 'ancient virtues' instead of screens, but it just became another thing to optimize and track, and now the kids are gamifying their virtue practice while I'm documenting it all on social media. We've turned wisdom into content.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very attempt to cultivate traditional values gets absorbed into the metrics-driven mindset the practice was meant to counter.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian virtue ethics and technology?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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