{"id":16117,"date":"2026-01-22T14:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16117"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:22:24","slug":"we-grow-by-playing-the-psychology-of-the-integral-society","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/we-grow-by-playing-the-psychology-of-the-integral-society\/","title":{"rendered":"We Grow by Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another topic that I would like to discuss is games that are played by children and adults. A few decades ago Johan Huizinga, a cultural historian and philosopher, published a book titled,&nbsp;<em>Homo Ludens&nbsp;<\/em><em>(Man the Player<\/em>), which became a kind of a cult-book. After its publication, people started talking a lot about the role of games in the development of man and life in general. So what is a \u201cgame\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 The extensive influence of games on human development has been known since ancient times. We like to play. And practically speaking, we spend most of our lives playing. Even my pre-dissertation examination in philosophy included a question on games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Games are everywhere, including in math and in Nature. Games have a very important role in the development of animals and even plants. The element of playing is present in any transformation, in any forward movement from one state to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Nevertheless, there is a notion that games are related only to childhood, and when a person grows up it\u2019s inappropriate for him to play because he has to be more serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Unfortunately, there is indeed such a notion. But of course, this is a dull perception of the world. When a person stops playing, he stops developing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another topic that I would like to discuss is games that are played by children and adults. 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