Reddit reviews Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

1. I LOVE ALL OF YOU
   
2. Post the mother fucking audio
   
3. This whole dialogue reminds me of This book. It details how life is just one big game, or a composite of games, and there are finite games and the infinite game. A must read if you're into this stuff.

I offer hugs, not to be condescending, but because finite gamers are the bane of any ranked system.

> ...The "anything it takes to win" mentality makes one consider the entire possibility space and introduces the concept of removing undesirable limits that we place on ourselves. It makes you better at getting better at things, since it gives you practice in a risk-free and fun environment.

Learning how people improved at fighting games changed my life for the better. A couple of years later, I found a book that accurately describes the process of looking at things. I don't know if you've read this, but Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse Worth a read. It's a short book.

It's crazy when you see other people stagnating or see that they have stagnated. Self conconciousness of what you think other people are thinking of you is the worst thing in my opinion.

Finite and Infinite Games, by James P. Carse
I call this practical philosophy, and it has blown my mind since I first encountered it in 1987.

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

It is certainly tempting to do so.

James Carse in his book Finite and Infinite Games (http://www.amazon.com/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse/dp/0345341848/) wrote:

"Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil..."

By playing their game we risk becoming mindless ideologues in our own right; we would sell our soul (metaphorically) and corrupt our own morals.

Put in another context, the irony of freedom of speech is that we must allow people to argue against freedom of speech. If we silence those that are against freedom of speech we have fallen into their trap. If we don't try those accused of terrorism in a court of law, then we have destroyed what terrorists themselves have wish to destroy.

I'll quote Carse once more:

"Evil is not the inclusion of finite games in an infinite game, but the restriction of all play to one or another finite game."

Perhaps books like The Art of Memory, The Logic Of Failure, Prometheus Rising, Finite and Infinite Games could offer some new perspectives.

Edward De Bono's work on lateral thinking might also be of interest.