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Game Theory and the Infinite Game (E)

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

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The Second Kind of Game Is an Infinite Game

In less than 15 minutes from now, the ruskins will be making radar contact with the planes. If prior to this time we have done nothing further to suppress their retaliatory capabilities, we will suffer virtual annihilation. A socker game is over when the timer goes off. A chess game is over When the king is captured. Those are finite games. But what about playing catch with your three year old kid? Should you throw the ball as hard as you can so you can win at catch? I don't think so either. I think we play that game to play it. That is an infinite game. And it's the long run, the long run,. as we get closer

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