I first encountered James Carse in reading his delightful "Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience".
Here is some food for thought:
“[/FONT]… the concept of infinite games, games that have no end in their design, and the fundamental commitment of which is to keep the “game in play,” is at odds with the more traditional view of the world (and of organizations) that sees life as a series of discrete encounters, each to be won, lost, or drawn, with a final scoreboard at the end of the mega-game (life itself) that tells us whether we have won or lost. The generative view of organization, similarly, sees organizations as essentially creative systems, whose goal is to enhance and foster creation…”
http://www.glg.net/pdf/Finite_Infinite_Games.pdf
Religious War In Light of the Infinite Game
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-962221125884493114#
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/carse/
http://www.jamescarse.com/jc/Welcome.html
http://longnow.org/
Here is some food for thought:
“[/FONT]… the concept of infinite games, games that have no end in their design, and the fundamental commitment of which is to keep the “game in play,” is at odds with the more traditional view of the world (and of organizations) that sees life as a series of discrete encounters, each to be won, lost, or drawn, with a final scoreboard at the end of the mega-game (life itself) that tells us whether we have won or lost. The generative view of organization, similarly, sees organizations as essentially creative systems, whose goal is to enhance and foster creation…”
http://www.glg.net/pdf/Finite_Infinite_Games.pdf
Religious War In Light of the Infinite Game
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-962221125884493114#
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/carse/
http://www.jamescarse.com/jc/Welcome.html
http://longnow.org/
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