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The score : how to stop playing someone else's game
Nguyen, C. Thi2026
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Games are the most important art form of our era. They embody the spirit of free play. They show us the subtle beauty of action everywhere in life in video games, sports, and boardgames - but also cooking, gardening, fly-fishing, and running. They remind us that it isn't always about outcomes, but about how glorious it feels to be doing the thing. And the scoring systems help get us there, by giving us new goals to try on. Scoring systems are also at the centre of our corporations and bureaucracies - in the form of metrics and rankings. They tell us exactly how to measure our success. They encourage us to outsource our values to an external authority. And they push on us to value simple, countable things. Metrics don't capture what really matters; they only capture what's easy to measure. The price of that clarity is our independence. The Score asks us is this the game you really want to be playing? A thought-provoking exploration of the scoring systems in our everyday lives - how we succumb to their values and how we regain control.
Main title:
The score : how to stop playing someone else's game / C. Thi Nguyen.
Author:
Nguyen, C. Thi, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2026.©2026
Collation:
353 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241653975 (hardback)
Dewey class:
158.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
498461