"If we are constrained by others, then we are not free to be ourselves. But if we are altogether unconstrained then we don’t have to try."
That's why games matter - because they don't matter.
Both the book and Runciman's piece are superb.
Anastasia Christakou 💙
‘“Games matter,” C. Thi Nguyen says, “because games don’t matter.” If we can remember this, we will do far better in a world in which hidden forms of coercion are proliferating.’
David Runciman on keeping score.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Any scoring system can be abused once it gets captured. But the fact remains that a scoring system can also be the most...
