BOARD GAME: Why we need to transcend winner-takes-all mindsets

	The universe is a chessboard
	& we are pawns in an elaborate game:
	while some players advance their fortunes
	others are knocked away.

	Victory requires focus
	& should be sought resolutely.

	In life second-best isn't good enough
	& if opportunities manifest
	they must be seized!

	Adept players move
	with dispassion:
	noticing what others overlook.

	Those playing adroitly
	enjoy success
	as fools are knocked off the chessboard
	or forced into unfavorable nooks.


Nadia:  (shaking her head) This is not the way I see life.

Wan-Sze: Nor do I. However, many people regard life as a zero-sum "us vs. them" game.

Will:   (pausing) Perhaps multiple games are going on at the same time. Most of them 
         we are completely unaware of.


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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary:  Some thoughts about chess strategies and zero-sum games.
Keywords: game theory, chessboard metaphors,  strategic social interactions, 
          non-cooperative games, self-enforcing behaviors, life simulations

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1997 in Shizuoka, Japan  ☆ Finished: 2023 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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