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vinney...axkl vcavallo@vinneycavallo.com 2 weeks ago

I believe this to be one of the most important Bitcoiner books (though it's not directly about Bitcoin):

"There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinit...

The rules of the Bitcoin protocol (or nostr, or any other open protocol) is a Finite Game within an Infinite Game. But "Bitcoin" (distinct from the rules of the protocol) is also itself an Infinite Game. When you read this book and understand the difference, so much of our current situation becomes clearer and all of the beauty of it shines brighter. (Especially ideas adjacent to @Jeff Booth 's observations about the impossibility of measuring something from **within** a system that doesn't and cannot incorporate the target of your measurement.) #bookstr #gameTheory #philosophy #bitcoin

Replies (3)

PlebInstitute plebinstitute@einundzwanzig.space 2 weeks ago

Thank you for the recommendation!

frphank 2 weeks ago

does it have a page on how to stick your head in the oven when number go down

liminal 🦠 liminal@gitcitadel.com 2 weeks ago

One of those books that lives and evolves in your mind beyond the physicality of the words laid on the page. The infinite game allows us to recognize that finite games are the eternal practice. You spar your opponent with everything you can, metaphorically fighting them to the death. But the moment you take any finite game as "The Game To Win", you risk collapsing the system because the stakes are so high - you want to win at any costs, and so you will literally fight to the death. To recognize the infinite game is understand you take on the role of opponents to spar with. The ferocity is the point, but it is also to have fun. If you want to recruit others into the infinite game, you need to show your opponents that it is fun - anything else (forcing) is just playing finite games with a deathly serious attitude.