**Created**:: [[2023-09-21 Thursday]] **Link**:: https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY **Duration**:: 23:32  # Summary In this video, Jolt provides a comprehensive summary of the book "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse, exploring the distinction between finite games, which focus on winning within defined boundaries, and infinite games, which prioritize ongoing engagement and personal growth. He shares personal insights on how the book has influenced his life and leadership approach, particularly in the context of the Visual PKM course. The summary distills key concepts and dualities presented in the book, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own games in life. # Key Takeaways - **Types of Games**: Finite games have clear boundaries and aim for victory, while infinite games emphasize continuous participation and development. - **Key Concepts**: Understanding the dualities of "touch" versus "move," "seriousness" versus "playfulness," and "power" versus "strength" aids in navigating life's various roles and interactions. - **Actions to Consider**: Identify the games you play, embrace surprise, foster collaboration, and prioritize storytelling and relationships to enrich both finite and infinite pursuits. # Content Hey everyone, Jolt here! This is my summary of "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse. In this video, I'm going to walk you through my book-on-a-page summary of the book. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=0) But before diving into the actual summary, I wanted to spend just one minute explaining to you why this book and why now. I first read this book about 20 years ago, and the book had a significant impact on my life. You could say that this book played a part in my late coming of age, because at the time I was already in my late 20s. I grew up in a Christian fundamentalist family, and this book helped me reevaluate my beliefs and how I wanted to live my life. The book had a fundamental impact on my professional career as well, influencing my leadership and my approach to work and relationships altogether. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=25) And why now? In the course of cohort five, this was the book that we all read, and we all created our book-on-a-page summaries. So in a way, this is my homework for cohort 5 of the Visual Thinking Workshop. Let's dive in. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=66) The course talks about two types of games: finite games and infinite games. It's important to note that one is not better than the other, but it's also crucial to know which game you're playing, as your tactics and approach to the game must match the type of game. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=88) Finite games are games where you compete for winning or strive for the highest possible ranking. The game must be played within marked boundaries and with specified players, meaning that not everyone who wants to join the game may do so; you are selected for the game. Remember in school when you were chosen for one team or the other? This is how finite games operate. Additionally, players may be removed from the game at any time if others refuse to play with you or if you cannot play, but equally, no one can be forced to play, so whoever must play cannot play. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=108) In terms of boundaries, there are four different types: temporal boundaries, meaning a game is played in a specific time frame with a start and end; spatial boundaries; numerical boundaries marked by a scoreboard; and finally, rules that are predefined at the start of the game and cannot change during play, else the game would become a different one. The agreement of the players to follow these rules constitutes the only agreement needed for them to apply. Examples include sports, elections, board games, negotiations, debates, the stock market, and war, among others. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=157) On the other hand, the purpose of infinite games is to continue playing. In terms of boundaries, infinite players don’t play within boundaries; they play with boundaries. Infinite games are internally defined, and anyone may join the game. As an infinite player, you may not even know all the players who play the same game. Infinite games do have rules, but these rules are akin to the grammar of a living language. The rules of an infinite game must change throughout play, changing as necessary to ensure the game continues. Because infinite games lack boundaries, they have horizons that move as you do. In this way, infinite games open new horizons of time. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=221) Examples of infinite games include relationships, such as marriage or friendships, education, sustainability, religions, personal growth, artistic expression, and for me personally, visual personal knowledge management is my infinite game. Common to all these games is that whoever plays, plays freely, and whoever must play cannot play. This is true for both finite and infinite games. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=303) Now in this summary, I’m going to give you this mosaic; I’m going to talk about 16 different aspects of finite and infinite games. They are not necessarily connected to each other, though of course they all talk about the same story. Consider these as different pieces of a mosaic that you need to put together. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=319) The first duality presented is "move" versus "touch." Touching is a reciprocal action, meaning I’m touched only if I can respond from my own center. Moving, on the other hand, is about pressing toward a place that you have already foreseen; it involves movement with a purpose. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=386) Carse talks a lot about titles, explaining that titles are given at the end of play, while names are given at the beginning. When a person is known only by name, the attention of others is on an open future. When persons are known by a title, the attention is on a completed past — a game that has already been concluded. Titles include academic results, positions achieved at work, sports titles, and so on. Later in the book, you’ll learn that property is society's way of preserving titles, and titles are everywhere in finite games. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=411) Another core idea from Carse is that finite games are theatrical while infinite games are dramatical. A theatrical play is a scripted performance. Sometimes it's scripted because the script pre-exists, but imagine the master player who knows all the moves; for them, the game is as if scripted. Yes, during the game, there is some level of drama, but for the master player, the game is scripted because they know what they are going to do when. This idea of theatrical play encompasses roles and masks, and the concept of changing from one role to another. Imagine an actress on stage playing the role of a mother, then stepping off at the end of play, taking on a different role, that of an actress meeting her audience. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=462) Now, the opposite of being scripted is being open to surprise in infinite games. The drama is about being open to surprise and looking forward to an open future. In this sense, if you speak dramatically, then one chooses to be a mother; theatrically, one takes on the role of mother. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=577) Following this idea of roles, Carse observes that seriousness is always related to roles. Imagine meeting a police officer during the day when he’s in uniform, or meeting him at night when he’s in pajamas. Your relation to him will be very different. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=585) Related to roles is the concept of self-failing. At any time during the game, players are free to step off the field of play. However, there exists a gap between our inherent freedom and the internal necessity and urge we feel to keep up the struggle. Carse accounts for this by pointing out that we veil ourselves of this freedom; he states that we forget we have forgotten our freedom. Infinite players remember their freedom and take on these roles playfully and willfully. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=609) This takes us to the idea of serious play versus playful play. Seriousness is rooted in the dread of unpredictable outcomes and open possibilities — it’s the dread that something will trip us up. Surprise causes finite play to end; it is a surprise move that the master player uses to close the game, leaving the loser surprised and not expecting the final move. In contrast, in infinite play, surprise is the reason the game continues. It’s like going through an open door and being ready to accept whatever surprises await on the other side and playing with that surprise — enjoying that surprise represents the playfulness and vulnerability of infinite games. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=680) Then there's the idea of power versus strength. Power relates to the title you've already gained; power is bestowed on you by the audience. If the audience respects your title, then you have power over them. On the other hand, strength is about being able to allow others to do whatever they wish while being able to respond from your own center. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=710) Silence versus listening is foundational to all relationships. Silence is the silence of losers; when someone wins, they are asked to give a speech, and the losers must listen. In finite speech, the speaker has a deliberate purpose with their words, and it is a predetermined process. In infinite contexts, the speaker only truly understands what they are saying when the listener responds. Innovating the listener creates the silence of expectation, offering the speaker a chance to share something personal. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=749) Society versus culture illustrates how finite and infinite games play out at a more holistic level. Society is a subset of culture, but society is confined by boundaries and norms, while culture thrives on creativity and tradition. Society follows established power structures, while culture values deviation. If you're merely repeating a script, you're culturally impoverished. Interestingly, while society is a subset of culture, it often tries to silence culture in various ways because culture can threaten the established order. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=799) Furthermore, Carse contrasts machinery and gardening. Machinery is designed to control nature and produces waste, while gardening respects nature's vitality and celebrates diversity. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=847) The book also touches on immortality versus playing as a mortal. It highlights a contradiction: the winners of finite games achieve a title, a sort of immortality through their titles' recognition. Still, this is not an afterlife but rather an afterworld — a continued acknowledgment of their titles. In contrast, infinite players accept death as inevitable; they no longer struggle against mortality but instead struggle as mortals. Carse states that losing a game is a sort of death; finite players die at the end of each game, while infinite players experience death at any point during the game. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=876) The topic of immortality versus mortality leads into the distinction between being cured and being healed. Carse uses the term cured to mean that you are fixed; your functional problems are addressed, and you are restored to competition. Healing, however, may not mean that you are cured from your illness, but rather that you are internally restored to play. You do not overcome your infirmities but can engage with them creatively. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=940) To look at something is to look at it within its limitations; to truly see is to recognize those limitations themselves. Our imagination does not create within these outlines but generates the outlines themselves. Carse discusses looking out the window and seeing seagulls, explaining how artists realize they can depict the same elements in many ways, which causes art to evolve over time, shifting from one period to another. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=977) This reminded me of a quote from Joseph Yavorski: "The world is nothing until we describe it." When we do, we create distinctions that govern our actions. We do not merely describe the world we see; rather, we see the world as we describe it. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1021) The idea of travel is intriguing because if I sit in a car and go from location A to B, only to arrive at a hotel that looks just like my home and dine at a restaurant serving food identical to what I eat at home, then I haven't truly traveled — I have merely changed my physical location. Conversely, one can travel by remaining in the same space but recognizing that one can perceive things in many different ways. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1084) Moving on, Carse discusses the mental travel of explanations versus narratives and later contrasts ideology with myths. In a genuine story, there is no law making any act necessary. Explanations place all apparent possibilities into a necessary context, while narratives delineate necessities in the realm of potential. Narratives and myths are open-ended, inviting possibilities, whereas explanations are closed and focus on predetermined outcomes. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1090) Similar to explanations versus narratives, ideologies arise from myths but tend to be more closed. Myths encourage exploration and acceptance of endless questions and answers, spurring our imagination. This concept reminds me of Yuval Harari's notion of stories being the unifying force that facilitates large-scale human collaboration. I believe myths are those stories Harari discusses. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1140) Finally, let's talk about amplification versus resonance. Imagine a choir as a unified expression of harmonious voices resonating together, contrasted with a loudspeaker, which amplifies a single voice, excluding all others. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1184) These were the 16 dualities I identified from the book; there are many more, but I believe these 16 are sufficient to convey the core ideas. Now, let's discuss the practical implications of these concepts. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1208) How do you take action based on a book like this? I've gathered a few points to consider: First, know which game is finite and which is infinite, as you need to play differently in each. Later on, I have a point on harnessing the power of surprise; in a finite game, surprise is your best friend if you want to win; in infinite games, surprise allows the game to continue. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1224) Choose your games mindfully; remember you are free to join or leave any game. Embrace playfulness and resilience; there are more infinite games than you might initially think, and in such situations, playfulness and resilience are the right approach. Compile a list of all your roles and reflect on it. Challenge your limitations and rules; most limitations are self-imposed decisions. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1267) Think about new rules and boundaries, and adapt whenever necessary. Prioritize reciprocal relationships over silencing your audience; listen, allowing others the opportunity to listen to you, creating a space for personal sharing and resonance. Challenge fixed structures and foster collaboration, especially within your personal knowledge management system. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1330) Foster lifelong learning and exploration; for me, visual personal knowledge management embodies this lifelong learning process. Lastly, engage with myths and storytelling; Carse discusses poets' roles in reframing situations and advancing society by resolving conflicts. Storytelling and myths are vital tools for poets. [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1341) I hope you liked this summary of the book; it's a challenging read! Re-reading it this time, I often wondered how I understood it 20 years ago. Some parts required me to read three to four times to grasp fully; it was truly challenging work to comprehend these ideas but entirely worthwhile. If you're interested in creating similar book-on-a-page summaries, please check out my website and join me for cohort six of the Visual Thinking Workshop. Thank you! [* ](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1372) # YouTube Details ## YouTube Description ✏️ Sign up for the Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/ 🚀 Cohort 6 starts on November 4, 2023. 📔 We will be summarizing Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin into a book-on-a-page ----- A high-resolution PNG version of this BoaP and a PDF summary including additional illustrations is available here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e3107478ab This book-on-a-page was created with the Obsidian-Excalidraw plugin. I used the Slideshow script for the presentation (links below) ------ In this video, I provide a comprehensive summary of "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse. I delve into the key concepts presented in the book, such as finite games versus infinite games, titles versus names, seriousness versus playfulness, and much more. I explain how these ideas apply to various aspects of life and how they can influence your approach to different situations. Additionally, I offer practical takeaways from the book, including recognizing which type of game you're playing, harnessing the power of surprise, embracing playfulness and resilience, and fostering lifelong learning. If you're interested in exploring the profound insights from this thought-provoking book and how they can impact your life, this summary is a valuable resource. ------ If you find my videos helpful, please say thanks by buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/zsolt 📩 If you want to connect, you can reach me: (@zsviczian) on the Obsidian Members Group (OMG) on Discord, or on 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/zsviczian ----- [00:00](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=0) Intro [00:12](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=12) Why this book? [01:04](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=64) Why now? [01:25](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=85) The two types of games [01:46](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=106) Finite games [03:37](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=217) Infinite games [05:02](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=302) Common to all games [05:19](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=319) The mosaic [05:45](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=345) Move vs. Touch [06:48](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=408) Titles vs. Names [07:38](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=458) Theatrical vs. Dramatical [10:02](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=602) Self-veiling [10:43](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=643) Serious vs. Playful [11:44](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=704) Power vs. Strength [12:22](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=742) Silence vs. Listening [13:14](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=794) Society vs. Culture [14:07](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=847) Machinery vs. Garden [14:28](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=868) Immortality vs. Playing as a Mortal [15:37](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=937) To Be Cured vs. To Be Healed [16:17](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=977) Looking at vs. Seeing [17:31](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1051) Travel [18:09](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1089) Explanations vs. Narrative [18:58](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1138) Ideology vs. Myths [19:40](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1180) Amplification vs. Resonance [20:04](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1204) Takeaways [22:51](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1371) Closing thoughts ------- 🍿Watch next: 📽️ A detailed walkthrough of the Excalidraw-Obsidian Slideshow 3.0 script https://youtu.be/JwgtCrIVeEU 📽️ Deconstructing Visual Ideas https://youtu.be/HRtaaD34Zzg 📽️ Visually Connect Ideas https://youtu.be/mvMQcz401yo 📽️ Behind the scenes building a BoaP https://youtu.be/KTsw020KFf0 --------- Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/ My blog: https://zsolt.blog/ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md Excalidraw-Obsidian: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/ #excalidraw #sketchnotes #BookOnAPage #excalidraw #obsidianmd #pkm ## YouTube Transcript [hey everyone jolt here this is my](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=0) [summary of finite and infinite games by](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=3) [James B cars in this video I'm going to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=6) [walk you through my book on a page](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=8) [summary of the book](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=10) [but before diving into the actual](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=12) [summary I wanted to spend just one](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=14) [minute explaining to you why this book](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=17) [and why now](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=20) [I first read this book about 20 years](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=22) [ago and the book had a significant](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=25) [impact on my life](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=28) [you could say that this book played a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=30) [part in my late coming of age because at](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=32) [the time I was already in my late 20s I](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=35) [grew up in a Christian fundamentalist](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=39) [family and this book helped me](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=42) [re-evaluate my beliefs and help me](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=45) [re-evaluate how I wanted to live my life](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=48) [and the book had a fundamental impact on](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=51) [my professional career as well on my](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=55) [leadership and how I approach work and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=58) [the relationships all together](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=62) [and why now](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=64) [so in the course of cohort five this was](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=66) [the book that we all read and we all](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=71) [created our book on a page summaries so](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=74) [in a way this is my homework for cohort](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=77) [5 of the visual thinking Workshop](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=81) [so let's Dive In](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=84) [course talks about two types of games](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=86) [finite games and infinite games it's](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=88) [important to note that one is not better](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=92) [than the other but it's also important](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=95) [to know which game you're playing](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=97) [because your tactics and your approach](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=99) [to the game have to match the type of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=103) [game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=105) [finite games are games where you compete](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=108) [for winning or compete for the highest](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=111) [possible ranking](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=114) [the game must be played within marked](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=116) [boundaries and with specified players](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=119) [not everyone who wants to join the game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=122) [may do so](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=125) [you're selected for the game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=126) [remember in school when you were chosen](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=129) [for one or the other team this is how](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=131) [finite games operate](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=135) [also players may be removed from the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=137) [game at any time if the others refuse to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=139) [play with you or you're not able to play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=143) [but equally no one can be forced to play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=146) [so whoever must play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=150) [cannot play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=153) [now in terms of boundaries there are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=155) [four different types of boundaries there](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=157) [are temporal boundaries meaning a game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=160) [is played in a specific time it has a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=163) [start and an end](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=167) [it has spatial boundaries as well so the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=169) [game is played in a certain area for](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=172) [example on a football court or the war](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=175) [is played in certain countries](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=178) [the game has a scoreboard it has](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=180) [numerical boundaries and finally the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=184) [game has rules the rules are predefined](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=187) [at the start of the game and cannot](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=191) [change during the game else the game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=193) [would be a different game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=196) [the agreement of the players to follow](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=198) [these rules constitutes all the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=201) [agreement that is needed for these rules](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=204) [to apply](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=206) [examples include Sports elections board](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=208) [games negotiations debates the stock](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=211) [market War Etc](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=214) [now on the other hand the purpose of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=217) [infinite games is to continue playing in](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=221) [terms of boundaries infinite players](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=224) [don't play Within boundaries but they](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=226) [play with boundaries infinite games are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=229) [internally defined](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=233) [anyone may join the game and as an](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=235) [infinite player you may actually not](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=238) [even know all the players that play the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=241) [same game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=244) [now infinite games also have rules but](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=245) [these rules are rather like the grammar](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=248) [of a living language](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=251) [the rules of an infinite game must](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=253) [change during the course of the game and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=256) [they always change when there's a risk](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=259) [that otherwise the game would come to an](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=262) [end](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=264) [because infinite games don't have](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=265) [boundaries they have Horizons and as you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=268) [step forward the Horizon moves with you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=271) [in this way infinite games open New](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=274) [Horizons of time](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=279) [examples of infinite games include](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=282) [relationships for example your marriage](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=285) [or friendships education sustainability](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=287) [religions personal growth artistic](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=291) [expression and for me personally visual](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=294) [personal Knowledge Management is my](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=298) [infinite game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=301) [common to all these games is that](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=303) [whoever plays plays freely and whoever](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=306) [must play cannot play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=310) [this is true both for finite and for](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=313) [infinite games](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=316) [now in this summary I'm going to give](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=319) [you this Mosaic I'm going to talk about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=322) [16 different aspects of finite and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=324) [infinite games](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=328) [they are not necessarily connected to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=329) [each other though of course they all](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=331) [talk about the same story but consider](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=334) [them as different pieces of a mosaic and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=337) [you need to put the Mosaic together](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=341) [throughout the book course plays with](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=345) [these dualities there he uses one word](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=347) [to describe the behavior in a finite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=351) [game and another word to describe the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=354) [behavior in an infinite game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=357) [in this presentation the infinite word](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=359) [is always going to have this highlight](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=362) [course starts to build a language in the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=365) [book](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=369) [so in later chapters you need to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=369) [understand how he uses words because he](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=372) [has a very particular language](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=375) [it's not a very easy book to read](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=378) [the first Duality course talks about is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=382) [Move versus touch they're touching is a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=386) [reciprocal action I'm touched only if](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=390) [I'm able to respond from my own Center](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=393) [moving on the other hand is about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=397) [pressing me toward a place that you have](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=399) [already foreseen](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=403) [it is moving with a purpose](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=404) [cars talks a lot about titles titles are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=409) [given at the end of play while names are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=412) [given at the beginning when a person is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=415) [known only by name the attention of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=418) [others is on an open Future](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=422) [then persons are known by a title the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=425) [attention is on a completed past a game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=429) [that has already been concluded](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=433) [titles include for example academic](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=436) [results positions that you achieve at](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=439) [work Sports titles and so on](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=441) [later in the book you'll learn that](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=445) [property is society's way of preserving](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=448) [titles and the titles are everywhere in](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=452) [finite game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=456) [another core idea from Cars is finite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=459) [games being theatrical and infinite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=462) [games being Dramatical a theatrical play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=466) [is a scripted performance sometimes it's](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=470) [scripted because the script pre-exists](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=474) [but imagine the master player who knows](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=477) [all the moves](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=480) [for him the game is as if it has been](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=482) [scripted yes during the game there is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=485) [some level of drama but for the master](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=488) [player the game is scripted because he](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=492) [knows what he's going to do when](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=495) [with this idea of theatrical play comes](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=499) [the idea of roles and masks and the idea](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=502) [of changing one role to the other](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=505) [imagine the actress standing on stage](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=508) [right here playing the role of a mother](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=511) [and imagine her stepping off this stage](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=514) [at the end of play taking on a different](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=517) [role the role of an actress meeting her](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=520) [audience](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=523) [you can imagine that she's just stepping](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=525) [from one role the role she's playing on](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=527) [the stage to another role the role she's](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=530) [playing with her audience](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=533) [and you can also imagine that she's](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=535) [playing a number of other roles because](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=538) [when she gets home to her family or](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=540) [meets her parents or meets friends](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=543) [she's going to be playing different](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=546) [roles](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=548) [now the opposite of being scripted is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=550) [being open to surprise in infinite games](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=554) [the drama is about being open to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=558) [surprise it's looking forward to an open](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=561) [Future](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=564) [in this sense if you speak dramatically](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=565) [then one chooses to be a mother](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=569) [theatrically one takes on the role of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=573) [mother](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=576) [now following on to the idea of roles](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=577) [cars observes that seriousness is always](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=581) [related to roles](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=585) [imagine meeting this police officer](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=588) [during the day when he's wearing his](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=591) [uniform or meeting him at night when](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=593) [he's wearing his pajamas your relation](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=596) [to him is going to be very different](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=599) [related to roles is this idea of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=603) [self-failing at any time during the game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=606) [the players are free to step off the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=609) [field of play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=612) [but there's this gap between our](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=614) [inherent freedom and the internal](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=616) [necessity and urge we feel to keep at](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=619) [the struggle](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=622) [course accounts for this by veiling](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=624) [ourselves of this Freedom he actually](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=627) [says that we forget that we have](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=629) [forgotten our freedom](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=632) [infinite players remember their freedom](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=635) [and they take on these roles playfully](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=637) [and willfully](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=640) [this takes us to this idea about Sirius](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=643) [play versus playful play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=647) [seriousness is the dread of the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=650) [unpredictable outcome of open](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=653) [possibility](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=655) [it's the dread that something is going](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=656) [to trip me up](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=659) [surprise causes finite play to end it is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=661) [a surprise move how the master player](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=665) [closes the game and the loser stands](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=668) [there surprised not expecting the final](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=672) [move](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=675) [on the other hand in infinitely surprise](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=676) [is the reason infinite play continues](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=680) [it's like going through this open door](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=683) [and being ready and prepared to accept](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=685) [whatever surprise evades me on the other](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=689) [side and playing with that surprise](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=692) [enjoying that surprise](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=696) [that's the playfulness and vulnerability](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=699) [of infinite gains](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=702) [then there's this idea about power](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=705) [versus strength](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=708) [power is related to the title that](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=710) [you've already gained power is bestowed](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=714) [On You by the audience](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=717) [if the audience respects your title then](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=720) [you have power over them on the other](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=723) [hand strength is not about being able to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=725) [do whatever you want with your opponent](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=729) [but being ready to allow them to do](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=732) [whatever they wish and being able to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=736) [respond from your Center](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=739) [silence versus listening is something](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=742) [that I think is very fundamental to all](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=746) [your relationships](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=749) [silence is the Silence of losers when](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=751) [someone wins he or she is asked to give](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=755) [a speech and the losers must listen in a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=758) [finite speech the speaker has a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=762) [deliberous purpose with his words and it](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=765) [is a predetermined preconceived process](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=768) [in infinitely the speaker only truly](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=772) [understand what he or she is saying then](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=776) [the listener responds](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=780) [innovate The Listener by creating the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=782) [Silence of expectation creates the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=786) [opportunity for the speaker to share](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=789) [something personal](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=792) [Society versus culture is how finite and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=795) [infinite games play out at a more](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=799) [holistic level](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=802) [it is true that Society is a subset of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=804) [culture but Society is confined by](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=807) [boundaries and Norms while culture](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=810) [thrives on creativity and tradition](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=813) [Society follows established power](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=817) [structures while culture values](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=820) [deviation](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=823) [if you're simply repeating a script](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=825) [you're culturally impoverished](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=828) [interestingly while Society is a subset](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=832) [of culture Society tries to silence](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=835) [culture in various ways because culture](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=838) [can be a threat to the established order](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=841) [in society](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=844) [they can get a level higher course talks](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=847) [about Machinery versus Garden or](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=850) [gardening](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=853) [Machinery is designed to control nature](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=854) [and Machinery produces waste while](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=858) [gardening respects Nature's vitality and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=862) [celebrates diversity](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=866) [course touches on the subject of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=869) [immortality versus playing as a mortal](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=872) [he highlights that there's a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=876) [contradiction that winners of finite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=879) [games achieve a title a sort of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=881) [immortality through the recognition of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=884) [their titles](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=888) [but this is not properly an afterlife](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=889) [but rather an after world](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=893) [this is not continuing existence But](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=897) [continuing recognition of their titles](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=900) [on the other hand infinite players](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=904) [accept death as inevitable and they no](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=906) [longer struggle against mortality but](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=911) [they struggle as a mortal there's this](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=914) [idea in the book that losing a game is a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=918) [sort of death and in this sense finite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=922) [players die at the end of each game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=925) [while infinite players die in the course](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=928) [of the game whenever death will come](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=932) [the topic of immortality versus](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=937) [mortality takes us to this idea of being](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=940) [cured versus being healed course uses](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=943) [the word cured in the sense that you're](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=948) [fixed](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=951) [your functional problems are taken care](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=952) [of and you're restored to competition](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=955) [while healing you might actually not be](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=958) [cured from your illness but you're](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=962) [healed internally to restore you to play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=964) [you do not overcome your infirmities but](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=969) [you're able to put them to play](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=972) [to look at something is to look at it](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=977) [within its limitations](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=980) [to see is to see the limitations](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=982) [themselves there that our imagination](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=985) [does not create within its outlines but](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=989) [creates the outlines themselves](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=993) [course talks about looking out the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=996) [window and seeing sequels that's why you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=999) [see seagulls here he explains how](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1003) [artists realize that they can draw the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1005) [same things in many ways and this is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1009) [what makes art change over time going](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1012) [from one period to another](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1014) [this reminded me of this quote from](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1018) [Joseph yavorski that the world is](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1021) [nothing until we describe it](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1025) [and when we do we create distinctions](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1029) [that govern our actions](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1032) [we do not describe the world we see](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1035) [but we see the world with the Scribe](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1038) [and I hope that you also noticed the two](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1044) [faces looking at each other not only the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1047) [Grail](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1050) [the idea of travel is an interesting](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1052) [idea because if I sit in a car and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1055) [travel from location A to B and then go](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1057) [to a hotel room that looks exactly the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1060) [same as my home and then go to a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1063) [restaurant and eat the same type of food](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1065) [that I eat at home then in a sense I](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1067) [haven't really traveled I've only](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1072) [changed my physical location on the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1074) [other hand I can travel by staying in](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1077) [the same place but recognizing that I](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1080) [can look at things in a hundred](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1083) [different ways](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1085) [moving on from travel course talks about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1088) [this mental travel of explanations](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1090) [versus narrative and later on ideology](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1093) [versus myths](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1098) [in a genuine story there is no law that](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1099) [makes any act necessary](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1103) [explanations place all apparent](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1106) [possibilities into the context of the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1109) [necessary while stories set all the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1112) [Necessities into the context of the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1116) [possible](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1119) [narratives and stories are open-ended](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1121) [they are about possibilities](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1124) [explanations are closed they are about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1128) [predetermined outcomes and the necessity](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1132) [that leads to that outcome](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1135) [similar to explanations versus](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1138) [narratives ideologies are born out of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1140) [myths but they are closed down](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1144) [myths provoke explanation but accept](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1147) [none of it meaning that good myths are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1150) [endless sources of question and answers](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1154) [and they will keep our imagination going](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1157) [this reminded me of you while harare's](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1161) [concept about Stories being the unifying](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1164) [force that made human collaboration at](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1167) [scale possible this is the idea that he](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1170) [talks about the incapians](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1173) [and I think myths are those stories that](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1175) [Harare is talking about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1179) [and finally let's talk about](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1182) [amplification versus resonance](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1184) [imagine a choir as a unified expression](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1188) [of voices](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1191) [resonating with each other and imagine a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1193) [loudspeaker which is the amplification](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1196) [of a single voice](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1199) [excluding all others](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1201) [so these were the 16 ideas dualities](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1204) [that I picked up from the book there are](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1208) [many others in the book as well but I](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1211) [thought that this 16 is enough to get](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1214) [the point across but now let's talk a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1217) [bit about the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1220) [so what](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1222) [so how do you take action on a book like](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1224) [this](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1227) [I've collected couple of points here I'm](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1228) [going to talk you through quickly on](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1230) [this](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1232) [first of all know which game is a finite](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1234) [game and which is an infinite game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1237) [because you need to play in different](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1239) [ways in different games](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1242) [later on you will see I have this point](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1244) [about harnessing the power of surprise](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1247) [in a finite game surprise is your best](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1250) [friend if you want to win the game if](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1254) [you're able to surprise your opponent](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1257) [then you're likely going to win and in](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1259) [infinite games surprise is the way to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1262) [continue the game](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1265) [choose your games mindfully remember](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1267) [that you're free to join the game and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1270) [you're free to leave any game you want](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1272) [Embrace playfulness and resilience there](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1276) [are much more infinite games than you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1280) [would first think and in those](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1282) [situations playfulness and resilience](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1285) [are the right approach](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1288) [compile a list of all your roles and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1290) [reflect on that list](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1294) [challenge yourself limitations and rules](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1296) [most of the limitations that you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1299) [experience are your own decisions](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1301) [think about new rules new boundaries and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1305) [adapt the rules than ever necessary](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1309) [prioritize reciprocal relations instead](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1312) [of silencing your audience listen to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1316) [others and create relationships where](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1320) [others listen to you creating the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1322) [opportunity for you to share and to](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1325) [resonate with others](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1328) [challenge fixed structures and promote](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1330) [collaboration this is something you can](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1334) [also do in your own personal Knowledge](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1337) [Management System](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1339) [Foster lifelong learning and exploration](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1341) [for me visual personal Knowledge](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1345) [Management is this lifelong learning](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1347) [process](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1350) [and finally engage in myths and](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1351) [storytelling cars also talks about the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1354) [role of poets in reframing situations](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1358) [and moving Society forward and resolving](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1361) [conflict](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1365) [storytelling and myths are the tools of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1366) [poets](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1370) [I hope you liked this summary of the](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1372) [book this is a challenging read](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1375) [ing it the second time I was sometimes](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1378) [wondering how the heck I understood this](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1381) [20 years ago](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1383) [some aspects I had to read three four](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1385) [times to understand it was really hard](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1388) [work to get my head around these ideas](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1392) [but it was fully worth it and if you're](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1395) [interested in creating similar Book on a](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1399) [page summaries please check out my](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1401) [website and join me for cohort six of](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1404) [the visual thinking Workshop](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1407) [thank you](https://youtu.be/I5vvnV1JdkY?t=1410)