One Million Checkboxes ( onemillioncheckboxes.com ) has a vibe like Wordle - except it does not improve your mind in any way. It’s a website with 1 million little boxes in a row.
You click in a box to make a check mark, and now the box is checked for everyone who plays the game. An odometer-like counter keeps track of how many boxes all game players have cumulatively checked. People love chaos, and they’re unchecking boxes as fast as others check them to watch the counter go backward.
If the world is making you jittery, the uncomplicated task of clicking boxes is the balm you deserve. It’s the same pleasure as popping bubble wrap. The game - if it’s even a game? - proves technology is great at feeding our need for pointless joy.
And it might only be temporary in its current form, like a beautiful bloom..
