"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices with equal clarity."
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
Player experience always comes first. No matter how advanced the technology is, it's meaningless if players don't enjoy it.
To understand the mind, study its operations in real life.