A video game one that rsquo s become a cultural phenomenon places players on a virtual island to compete until one player remains Whenever a player eliminates you from the contest you can continue to watch through that player rsquo s vantage point As one journalist notes ldquo When you step into another player rsquo s shoes and inhabit their point of view the emotional register shifts from self-preservation to communal solidarity You begin to feel invested in the stranger who not too long ago did you in rdquo Transformation happens whenever we open ourselves to see another rsquo s
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