Games suck people in to shooting things for the most part. If solving the human condition was mutually shared (total co-opt rather than combat) then maybe we could replace the same satisfaction of eliminating 'people' on screen with eliminating of misunderstanding and playing well in conversation together. Converting problem questions into positive thoughts (even without answers just the feeling of good combat) and modularly merging components like it was one big 'project' I think is the eventual way...
Even in theory, the talking about it before really solving it is actually the way of solving it.... because people often skip this part and think solutions happen without thinking / talking about it and thus perpetuates never seeks to come out of errors.