“The tour must go on.” is always said, even in bizarre times or when bizarre circumstances occur. Deaths. Extreme weather. Pandemics. Of course, it’s ‘Le Tour’ I’m talking about. The Tour de France. Held every year since 1903 (except in WO2). And every year there’s a winner.
Ever since I’ve watched Simon Sinek’s ‘finite vs. infinite’-game book and talks, this topic enters my mind every now and then. More and more noticing finite games and infinite games around me. The Tour, definitely, is an infinite game (with a finite game in it each year).
The internet, ever since it started, it was here to stay, changing the rules, have new players participating every time, and players losing the will to play or lack resources. Social media. Smartphones. Crypto valuta. It’s all here changing the game, but we don’t know what / how / for how long it will stay. And they all have smaller games within them: smartphone providers, suppliers, social media platforms. Social media seems an infinite game, with known and unknown players entering and leaving the game.
Internet is here to stay, just as social media, but the fact that it’s an infinite game gives us as users the power to change it. Let’s make that happen, together.
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PS Here’s the summary of finite vs. infinite I’ve found on Wikipedia
There are at least two kinds of games: finite and infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. Finite games are those instrumental activities – from sports to politics to wars – in which the participants obey rules, recognize boundaries and announce winners and losers. The infinite game – there is only one – includes any authentic interaction, from touching to culture, that changes rules, plays with boundaries and exists solely for the purpose of continuing the game. A finite player seeks power; the infinite one displays self-sufficient strength. Finite games are theatrical, necessitating an audience; infinite ones are dramatic, involving participants…