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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Read this in college for a Religion Culture and the Meaning of Life philosophy class. I got a 100 on the paper.
Class spoiler: the meaning of life? It’s in the liver.
Class spoiler: the meaning of life? It’s in the liver.
This book has some interesting ideas and concepts which frustratingly get lost in the way this book is presented. It feels like you are reading pages and pages of bullet points. At times, it rambles and you are left wondering if it's written by a genius or a madman. Ultimately, I didn't find it engaging.
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