AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Jane McGonigal – How Games Make Life Better - [Invest Like the Best, EP.138]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Game of Golf Is an Unnecessary Obstacle
Game is an unnecessary obstacle that you agree to try to tackle with your whole heart. It's something that has been arbitrarily chosen to make your goal harder to achieve. Golf is the perfect example, because when you think about it, you realize how ridiculous a way to pursue the goal of getting a small ball in a small hole can be. But what it does is it provokes curiosity, can i do this? What will it feel like? I want to see if i can do this. And it provokes creativity. Engolf, its a very physical kind of creativity. Other types of games, more mental creativity, or social engineering creativity. Then s it was a totally arbitrary obstacle that
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode