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A review by artex
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse
5.0
Zero fitted fancy stories.
Zero references to already-read-by-everybody-pop books.
Zero apple-microsoft-etcetera ceos 'analysis'.
Plethora of orthogonal, thought provoking, and impactful takes. Now we're talking.
Usually, the most interesting references steam from the least expected places. This one was buried in a semi-technical discussion on Reddit. Thank's, Mr. Buterin jr, thanks Kevin Kelly.
This is a cohesive, deep, and philosophical but at the same time practical work, that blends:
- signaling theory
- non-conformity theme
- process vs goals dichotomy
- internal vs external locus issue
- meta-patterns
- delicious game theory flavor
Pro's:
- style of chunks similar to approach of Scott Adams/Derek Sivers
- incentivize reflecting a lot
- terse narrative, steel nutcracker is needed
- belongs to my 'demanding' shelf
- 0.28 high highlights/total_pages ratio: every third page has a highlight
- might be attributed to level of wisdom:
Tastes like a dry flour for some, but would be ambrosia for others.
Zero references to already-read-by-everybody-pop books.
Zero apple-microsoft-etcetera ceos 'analysis'.
Plethora of orthogonal, thought provoking, and impactful takes. Now we're talking.
Usually, the most interesting references steam from the least expected places. This one was buried in a semi-technical discussion on Reddit. Thank's, Mr. Buterin jr, thanks Kevin Kelly.
This is a cohesive, deep, and philosophical but at the same time practical work, that blends:
- signaling theory
- non-conformity theme
- process vs goals dichotomy
- internal vs external locus issue
- meta-patterns
- delicious game theory flavor
Pro's:
- style of chunks similar to approach of Scott Adams/Derek Sivers
- incentivize reflecting a lot
- terse narrative, steel nutcracker is needed
- belongs to my 'demanding' shelf
- 0.28 high highlights/total_pages ratio: every third page has a highlight
- might be attributed to level of wisdom:
Tastes like a dry flour for some, but would be ambrosia for others.