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Finite and Infinite Games

By James Carse

Two kinds of games. Finite games are played to win. Infinite games are played to keep playing. A philosophy of play so sharp it applies to creation, business, relationships, and life itself. A tiny, profound book.

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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. -- from the back cover of the 1986 edition.