Person

James Carse

Religion scholar at NYU for three decades whose 1986 Finite and Infinite Games made one distinction — play to win, or play to keep playing — that has reshaped how founders, organisers, and philosophers think about what they are doing.

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Works

book

Finite and Infinite Games

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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Teaches across

Domain

Creation

Building what has never existed — design, systems, emergence, and the …

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Domain

Play & Recreation

Joy, games, sports and leisure — the parts of life that remind us exis…

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