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Spirit Of The Game Reframes Competition
- Ultimate Frisbee's 'spirit of the game' requires players to self-officiate and prioritize long-term fairness over short-term winning.
- This rule challenges modern norms that valorize immediate selfish success and reframes competition as cultural practice.
Money Isn't A Full Measure Of Value
- Equating market pay with societal value (hedge fund manager vs. lifeguard) mismeasures contribution and time horizons.
- Money signals short-term transactions but fails to capture long-term cultural and human value.
Trivial Pursuit Taught A Lasting Lesson
- Seth recounts a family Trivial Pursuit where a literal card answer ("dark") beat their reasonable guess, showing rule-following over spirit.
- He learned the lesson that winning by strict rules can violate the spirit and leave lasting resentment.