Selections from my ludic library:"Fantasy" [ ... ] is indispensable for thinking – the greater part of which is ex post facto confabulation (e.g. Nietzsche, Lakoff, Kahneman, Metzinger). But "fantasy" can be, at its best, playing with counterfactuals (i.e. "what if?" daydreams – gedankenexperiments) ... — 180 Proof
"Spirit" (breath) is rhythm & melody (dancing & singing), child's play (laughter) ... ecstatic (i.e. self sans ego (how unbounded immanence feels) ... — 180 Proof
What theories of play interest you and what exactly is it that you are talking about when you think about 'play'? Also, what is a 'best' way to play? — I like sushi
"Fantasy" [ ... ] is indispensable for thinking – the greater part of which is ex post facto confabulation (e.g. Nietzsche, Lakoff, Kahneman, Metzinger). But "fantasy" can be, at its best, playing with counterfactuals (i.e. "what if?" daydreams – gedankenexperiments) ... — 180 Proof
What theories of play interest you and what exactly is it that you are talking about when you think about 'play'? Also, what is a 'best' way to play? — I like sushi
I think play is living in the moment. — James Riley
Perhaps, if work is goal-directed activity, play is non-goal directed activity. Any good? — bert1
There’s a difference between pretending you’re a lion, and pretending you’re really a lion.
This is serious business. — James Riley
There’s a difference between pretending you’re a lion, and pretending you’re really a lion.”
This is a topic I'd like to hear a broad response to in whatever way tickles anyone's fancy.
I think play is something that we are generally taught to vie was 'childish' yet in maturity and adult development I believe recapturing our ability to play is of deadly importance - for cognitive development in general.
What theories of play interest you and what exactly is it that you are talking about when you think about 'play'? Also, what is a 'best' way to play? — I like sushi
Perhaps, if work is goal-directed activity, play is non-goal directed activity. Any good? — bert1
I think both work and play can be executed in the moment, and both can be considered, before and after the fact, as goal-directed or otherwise. The question is, can the consideration itself be work and/or play in the moment? I suppose thinking about the past or the future, considering the past of the future, could itself be work or play in moment. Hmmm. I'd need to rethink some of my thoughts. :lol: — James Riley
Excuse me, but I love work parties. You know, where everyone shows up to accomplish a goal, building a barn, or stuffing envelopes, or feeding over 100 people a Thanksgiving dinner. I also don't understand why being happy and working together is not the goal even when we are paid to do something. There isn't enough money in the world to pay for many of the jobs people do, so an employer needs to think of other ways to make the job enjoyable. Because they do not, I have volunteered most of my life instead of working for money. — Athena
Might they discover considering the happiness of the employees is a good policy? — Athena
The need to treat people better is certainly in the news. — Athena
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