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{{quote|Of infinite players we can also say that if they play they play freely; if they ''must'' play, they cannot ''play''.}} | {{quote|Of infinite players we can also say that if they play they play freely; if they ''must'' play, they cannot ''play''.}} | ||
Now this is important, but the book would be better — and more scrutable — had Carse taken more time to explain | Now this is important, but the book would be better — and more scrutable — had Carse taken more time to explain what he means by this. On the other hand, the core of Carse’s theory is radically relativist; he assigns as much credit for successful communication to the imaginative construction of the listener as the intention of the speaker, and freely asserts that the two may be different: | ||
Carse’s gnomic style may be why Mr. Sinek has been able to make such hay: that is in a sense the job he has done.<ref>{{br|The Infinite Game}} by {{author|Simon Sinek}} (2019) ([https://g.co/kgs/J4Mg35 see here]).</ref> But, irony: the job of imaginatively deducing what Mr. Carse’s aphorisms is a kind of infinite game of its own — one that Mr. Sinek is playing pretty well. So let us join in. | |||
===Training versus education=== | ===Training versus education=== | ||