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Finite And Infinite Games
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last edited by BillSeitz on Aug 12, 2008 7:48 pm

by ISBN:0345341848

I had to buy this after reading too many quotes from .

I was expecting a heavy abstract book, but it appears at first glance to be more of a soft philosophy book. Which sounds more demeaning than I intend.

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

The death of an infinite player is dramatic. It does not mean that the game comes to an end with death; on the contrary, infinite players offer their death as a way of continuing the play. For that reason they do not play for their own life; they live for their own play.

I can be powerful only by not playing, by showing that the game is over. ()

Infinite players do not oppose the actions of others, but initiate actions of their own in such a way that others will play by initiating their own.

is the termination of infinite play.

No one can play a game alone.

After I read it I need to think about Carse's division between finite and infinite games in comparison to 's division between -s and [Competitive Game]-s.

Hmmm, also need to review it for bits on thinking.

Spoiler alert - here is the last line of the book

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