A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
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A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
C. THI NGUYEN: So the essential insight that I got from Suits is that in so many games, the target isnβt the point. The point is this rich experience along the way. And I think a lot of the mistakes we make with games is we get into these things and we forget about these larger purposes. The fact that they can be fun. The fact that they can be beau... See more
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The religion scholar James P. Carse wrote that there are two kinds of games in life: finite and infinite. A finite game is played to win; there are clear victors and losers. An infinite game is played to keep playing; the goal is to maximize winning across all participants.
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βAnd Suits offers the following definition of what it is to play a game. He says, βTo play a game is to voluntarily take on unnecessary obstacles for the sake of making possible the activity of overcoming them.β β¦
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