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Incremental or "clicker" games, which are characterized by straightforward mechanics, compounding rewards, and infinite scalability, are sometimes written off as pointless time wasters. However, games such as the fictitious "67 Clicker" are remarkably effective teaching tools for the contemporary quest for optimization and arbitrary success. When context is removed, the goal—accumulate 67s—becomes meaningless. However, the player is doing more than merely clicking during the game's loop; they are participating in a micro-economic exercise that imparts fundamental knowledge about automation, opportunity cost, and the psychological trap of exponential development.

Any clicker game's main teaching point is the transition from manual labor to automated efficiency. To get their first few 67s in 67 Clicker, the player must initially manually click a 67 Clicker button. Although laborious, this human process sets the currency's starting value. When "Upgrades" or "Automators"—purchases that produce 67s per second (67/s)—are introduced, the real fun starts. Realizing that the first clicking is a waste of time, the user soon learns to limit it and concentrates their efforts on increasing the passive income stream. As a result, the game tells the player to switch from being a worker to an investor and maximize capital (accumulated 67s) to buy more productive equipment.