We Grow by Playing

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, Homo Ludens (Man the Player), 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 “game”?..

Every game has five attributes or fixed characteristics. The first characteristic of a game is that one is free and participates in it voluntarily. Huizinga wrote that a game is freedom...

For some reason I just recalled a chance game that used to be popular. Where does the hope that people hang on games of chance come from?..

Rules are very important in any game. Can you describe the rules of this global, integral game?..

According to game theory, the most important component of a game is the rules. Should these rules be fixed or should they be subject to change?..

If we look at the integral, global society in the process of evolution, then the playing zone also goes through gradual development, from the scope of a room to the whole world...

You have repeatedly mentioned how important it is for a person to come out of his “I” and try out a different role, or to look at a situation in life from a different perspective. If we imagine that in this global game there are men and women of different ages and professions, then can I register and become a child, for example, or should I always be myself?..

Who sets the rules in this integral, global game that can happen over the internet?..