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9: All Limitations are Self-Limitations: Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse

Made You Think

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Is There a Game Within a Game?

If you win the championship of whatever season, that implies that there's more seasons as well. Time is really just relative to whichever game you were thinking within. The idea of finite players play to win within the game and infinite players play to expand the boundaries. There's not really a clear end gollthat you're getting to. It's to continue expanding the area of play.

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