A game is something that's constituted by the constraints where you get this struggle, right? So why are you doing it? There are at least two different motivations for playing a game. In striving play, our motivations are inverted. We're taking on a goal because the activity of pursuing that goal is valuable. A stupid game is a game where the fun part is failing, but it's only fun if you are trying to win.
In everyday life, your value system is complicated and rich. Games make that system simple, and you know exactly how well you’ve done.
C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor at University of Utah and author of the book Games: Agency As Art. Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner caught up with Nguyen to discuss: - The bright and dark sides of gamification - How Twitter changed the way we communicate - Good, bad, and evil games
Today’s conversation comes from a recent episode of David's weekly podcast, Rule Breaker Investing. To hear the entire show, click here: https://www.fool.com/podcasts/rule-breaker-investing/2023-02-15-from-twister-to-twitter-games-and-c
Host: David Gardner Guest: C. Thi Nguyen Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl
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