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Two economists are blaming Pokémon Go for causing traffic accidents and likely fatalities:

For a brief, shining period last summer, Pokémon Go reigned supreme. It brought obsession, joy, and, according to a new paper, injuries and death.

This working paper, appropriately and evocatively titled "Death by Pokemon Go," shows the darker side of the massively popular augmented reality game. Purdue University economists Mara Faccio and John McConnell combed through accident reports from Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in the first 148 days after the game was released in July 2016. In that county alone, the total value from injuries, damage, and the two lives lost is between $5.2 million and $25.5 million. If you scale this to cover the entire US, it would suggest that $2 billion to $7.3 billion were lost just in those few months.

The reports showed during those 148 days, 286 additional crashes occurred in the county, compared to the same period before. Of these, 134 were near pokéstops. In this scenario, it's crucial to determine that Pokémon Go caused these damages directly, as opposed to just causing people to be outside more, thus more likely to be hit by cars.

Also at PC Magazine.

Related: Peak Pokémon Go?
No Pokémon Go or Other AR Games in China
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Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "causing traffic accidents and likely fatalities" - https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/26/16689826/pokemon-go-death-damages-indiana-economics
3. "Pokémon Go" - https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12149424/pokemon-go-tips-tricks-explainer-nintendo
4. ""Death by Pokemon Go,"" - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3073723
5. "Mara Faccio" - http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/mfaccio/home.asp
6. "John McConnell" - http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/mcconnell/
7. "PC Magazine" - https://www.pcmag.com/news/357542/researchers-pokemon-go-players-caused-billions-in-driving-d
8. "Peak Pokémon Go?" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/08/24/1711252
9. "No Pokémon Go or Other AR Games in China" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/11/005206
10. "Russian Prosecutors Seek 3.5 Years for Blogger Who Played "Pokémon Go" in Church" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/04/30/124240
11. "Trial Will Decide Whether Milwaukee Can Require Permits for Using Locations in Augmented Reality" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/06/10/1952248
12. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=23534

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