The Score - How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

<''This is the best book on the topic you''ll ever find'' Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple

<''Games offer me the joys of complete absorption in a precise, well-defined world... and within those strictures, I find freedom.''<

Scoring systems are everywhere. They underpin our daily lives - from social media to education and health - they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institutions. Scores are instructional manuals for behaviour. Instead of encouraging us to be more playful, to take pleasure in the journey of striving towards a goal, institutions weaponize scoring to impose their own interests.

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In this love-letter to the immersive and profound power of games, Nguyen charts a way we might be able to break free from these constraints to lead more creative and joyful lives. To start playing our own game.<>

About the author

C. Thi Nguyen

Product details

• Authors: C Thi Nguyen, C. Thi Nguyen
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.01.2026
• EAN: 9780241653975
• ISBN: 978-0-241-65397-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Social, Philosophy, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, Self-help & personal development, Popular psychology, game theory, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life