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Finite and Infinite Games

by James P. Carse

ISBN 9781476731711

About This Book

Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life, the games we play in business and politics, in the bedroom and on the battlefield — games with winners and losers, a beginning and an end. Infinite games are the more mysterious — and ultimately more rewarding. They are unscripted and unpredictable; they are the source of true freedom.

Editorial Note

A short philosophical meditation on two kinds of play: finite games played to win, infinite games played to continue playing. Reframes competition, creativity, institutions, and life itself.

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