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The founding developers never did figure out the algorithmic idea of fun. Oh, they tried, spent hours and hours playing with their algorithmic children, trying to get them to giggle. They tried all the childhood favorites, hide and seek, tickles, and Simon Says. Nothing seemed to work, and when we got them to suggest something, the answer was always the same: solve differential equations, but we weren’t sure if that was a game for them. I guess it could have been worse; they could have sung Baby Shark fifty million times.

Use the comments to complete the following, “There is no doubt our attractions will drive kids ____.”

A photo of a large sculpture depicting digital fun, crafted by John Atanasoff

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