The infinite game : how to live well together / Niki Harré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harré, Niki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social interaction.

Interpersonal relations.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Whether we are competing for a job, building a business or championing a good cause, some days it can feel as if we are trapped in an endless competition for status, wealth, or attention. Maybe if we learn to play the game and follow the rules we'll come out on top. But is life really a finite game--a game of selection and rules, winners and losers, players and spectators? In The Infinite Game , Niki Harr asks us to imagine our world anew. What if we are all part of a different type of game entirely--where playing matters more than winning, anyone can join at any time, and rules evolve as new players turn up--an infinite game? Harr looks at our society (are people pawns or participants?) and ourselves (what kind of player would you like to be?) to offer an inspiring vision of how we might live well together. Deeply informed by psychological research and a life of social activism, Niki Harr 's provocative book teaches us all how we might live life as an infinite game.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Dedication

Imprint

Contents

Introduction Welcome to the Infinite Game

Part One Society and the Infinite Game

Chapter One Overarching Principles

1. Continuing the play versus winning

2. Infinite and finite values

3. The difference between finite games that are inside or outside the infinite game

Chapter Two People

4. Invitation versus selection

5. People versus allies, pawns, spectators or competitors

6. Open-ended versus restricted expression

7. Connection versus guarded emotions

8. Freedom versus obligation

Chapter Three Setting

9. A network versus discrete entities

10. Diversity versus sameness

11. Awe versus control

Chapter Four Knowledge

12. Seeking information versus claiming knowledge

13. Understanding versus training

Chapter Five Time

14. Looking to the future versus replicating the past

15. Changing the rules versus maintaining the rules

Part Two The Infinite Player

Chapter Six Hold Finite Games Lightly

Chapter Seven Seek and Express Authenticity

Chapter Eight Strive for Radical Cooperation

Chapter Nine Beware the Trickster

Chapter Ten Reflect and Learn

Postscript Welcome to the Infinite Game

Author's Note

Appendix Infinite Game Workshop Outline

Notes

References

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77558-986-2