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C. Thi Nguyen, "Games: Agency as Art" (Oxford UP, 2020)

New Books in Anthropology

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Tension Between Metrics and Expertise in Public and Personal Life

This chapter explores the tension between simplified metrics in public life and expert understandings in personal and communal life. It also discusses the allure of game-like systems and how individuals prioritize point accumulation over personal interests. The chapter concludes with a mention of the speaker's book and an invitation for a future interview.

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