Rethinking Life and Play: The Impact of Scoring on Happiness
TL;DR
The article discusses philosopher C. Thi Nguyen's book 'The Score,' which argues that scoring systems in games are liberating and foster creativity, whereas institutional metrics like grades and rankings tend to stifle individuality and impose homogenized values, urging us to reconsider how we engage with these systems in our lives.
Topics:entertainmentphilosophy#creativity#games#institutional-metrics#life-optimization#philosophy#scoring-systems
- Review | A philosopher’s case for living playfully without keeping score The Washington Post
- Is Life a Game? The New Yorker
- The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life The Guardian
- How Keeping Score Makes Games Fun and Life Worse Bloomberg.com
- Feel like your life is just a game? This book explains why The Telegraph
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