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Bluey “Rug Island” 2.10 and “Camping” 1.43 and Play

Philosophers In Space

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The Purpose of Unstructured Play

I was also thinking about it in terms of what in general a person is seeking by engaging in those different forms of play. And I think there's, when we're, you know, what our goals are, I think broadly speaking, maybe those are it. So like a sandbox game where you genuinely have no objectives could be pleasurable because you legitimately have no objectives for once in your life. Some games good because they train us to be better humans in certain ways. But some of them are better or worse at doing versions of that. Which ones you do and spend more time on actually will sometimes reflect your cultural values,. Like whether you think creativity is more important than being a team player

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