{"id":19627,"date":"2025-08-04T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/the-trolley-solution-the-internets-most-memed-moral-dilemma-becomes-a-video-game\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:37:39","slug":"the-trolley-solution-the-internets-most-memed-moral-dilemma-becomes-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/the-trolley-solution-the-internets-most-memed-moral-dilemma-becomes-a-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trolley Solution: the internet\u2019s most memed moral dilemma becomes a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indie developer\u2019s take on the ethical conundrum about choosing who to save from an oncoming train may be gimmicky, but with its charm and bite-size levels, it\u2019s ideal for the social media era<\/p>\n

In 1967, British philosopher Philippa Foot unwittingly created one of the internet\u2019s most regurgitated memes. A runaway train is hurtling towards five people tied to the tracks. You can pull a lever to divert the train to a different track to which only one person is tied. Do you intervene to kill the one and spare the five?<\/p>\n

What if one of the tracks twisted into a really cool loop-the-loop? Or the trolley was replaced by a bloodthirsty Thomas the Tank Engine? Or the whole dilemma was clumsily altered to comment on the political controversy of the day? Originally formulated as a reflection on moral decision-making, the trolley problem found a second life in the 2010s as a well of inspiration for variously silly, irreverent and self-referential trolley-based memes. Now, it may be entering its third era as surreal interactive comedy game The Trolley Solution.<\/p>\n

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\nIndie developer\u2019s take on the ethical conundrum about choosing who to save from an oncoming train may be gimmicky, but with its charm and bite-size levels, it\u2019s ideal for the social media era
\nIn 1967, British philosopher Philippa Foot unwittingly created one of the internet\u2019s most regurgitated memes. A runaway train is hurtling towards five people tied to the tracks. You can pull a lever to divert the train to a different track to which only one person is tied. Do you intervene to kill the one and spare the five?
\nWhat if one of the tracks twisted into a really cool loop-the-loop? Or the trolley was replaced by a bloodthirsty Thomas the Tank Engine? Or the whole dilemma was clumsily altered to comment on the political controversy of the day? Originally formulated as a reflection on moral decision-making, the trolley problem found a second life in the 2010s as a well of inspiration for variously silly, irreverent and self-referential trolley-based memes. Now, it may be entering its third era as surreal interactive comedy game The Trolley Solution. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indie developer\u2019s take on the ethical conundrum about choosing who to save from an oncoming train may be gimmicky, but with its charm and bite-size levels, it\u2019s ideal for the social media era In 1967, British philosopher Philippa Foot unwittingly created one of the internet\u2019s most regurgitated memes. A runaway train is hurtling towards five …<\/p>\n

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