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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
The core idea of the title made for some interesting thought and the opening chapters cover it well enough, but then it got real tedious to get through the rest.
Listened to this as an audio book. Fascinating. May need to listen to it again — or pick up a printed copy.
fast-paced
I was hoping for something a little more…comprehensible. Full of aphorisms that seem enchanted by their own complexity. I think there is some small nugget of meaning here, but I have only a vague impression really what it might be.
It’s an interesting and worthwhile idea, but poorly executed in my opinion.
A collection of aphorisms based on a finite view of the world.
The core of this book is to differentiate finite games, that has an end, from infinite games, that is just for playing. The author makes the point that infinite games are better and less paradoxical.
I associate the talk with the teal thoughts on building better organizations. I also think of the book [b:This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom|35969561|This Life Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom|Martin Hägglund|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541968760l/35969561._SY75_.jpg|57532947] wish talks on similar matters, but the fact that we are finite is the reason why we can be and do good. Somehow I see these thoughts reaching out and connecting in my head. We are finite beings taking part in an infinite game.
I think this book will give me more insights on a second read.
I associate the talk with the teal thoughts on building better organizations. I also think of the book [b:This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom|35969561|This Life Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom|Martin Hägglund|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541968760l/35969561._SY75_.jpg|57532947] wish talks on similar matters, but the fact that we are finite is the reason why we can be and do good. Somehow I see these thoughts reaching out and connecting in my head. We are finite beings taking part in an infinite game.
I think this book will give me more insights on a second read.
challenging
hopeful
slow-paced
Read this after Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game, and I can appreciate the theoretical aspects of the concept. However, this was dry and not an easy read. It goes through painstaking detail to separate many aspects of life into the false binary of infinite and finite games.
Strongly suggest Sinek’s book over this.
Strongly suggest Sinek’s book over this.