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James Carse

Philosopher and Professor

James P. Carse was an American academic who served as Professor of the History and Literature of Religion at New York University for thirty years and won the university's Great Teacher Award. His 1986 book Finite and Infinite Games became a widely influential philosophical work exploring how the framing of life as play shapes human possibility.

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Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse

Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse

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Carse distinguishes two types of games: finite games played to win, and infinite games played to keep playing. The most meaningful aspects of life operate by infinite-game rules.

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  1. 1Simon Sinek
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