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Gone again Started conversation Dec 7, 2000
Lucinda (and any other randomly-oriented researchers) might like to sample "Finite and infinite games" by James Carse: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345341848/qid%3D976181842/026-2044730-5499614
Note the Amazon customer comments - not everyone likes the book, but I suspect that *you* will. Mind you, I've been wrong before... 
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Martin Harper Posted Dec 7, 2000
"Reflecting on life in terms of competition, the author compares two types of games manifested in human life--finite game, the familiar games of daily life that are bounded by space and time, and infinite games, unbounded creative expressions of the humanspirit."
What does that mean???
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Gone again Posted Dec 8, 2000
Finite games come to an end; you play them to win. Infinite games never end; you just play...
Life is an infinite game.
Or a minestrone, I can never remember which.
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Martin Harper Posted Mar 21, 2001
Well, on your advice, I went out and bought it... it's not as bad as I thought it might be, actually - some bits even approached the status of "deep" - I'm gonna read it again when I'm in a less cynical mood and see what I can gain from it... 
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Martin Harper Posted Mar 21, 2001
*wonders how the moderator missed the external link*
Yeay! They make mistakes in *both* directions!
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