📰 Multiple people sent me this article on play:
We can draw lessons from game-playing as we try to navigate a reality ruled by rankings & metrics. In the real world, as in the game world, scores are motivating & clarifying; they can help groups of people coalesce around shared goals. But real-world scores, like game scores, are also reductive… [People] must also be clear about their individual purposes, which are different, nuanced, & harder to communicate. If they focus only on the score, they’ll lose track of what counts.
I am double-downing on my commitment to play in 2026.