Digital Nurture: Hacking the Biological Caregiving Instinct

In 1996, the world witnessed an unprecedented psychological phenomenon. Millions of people, from children to corporate executives, became intensely, genuinely emotionally attached to a low-resolution clump of black pixels on a tiny keychain screen. When their Tamagotchis "e;died,"e; owners experienced real grief. This bizarre fad was not a marketing accident; it was a masterful hack of human bio...