playfulness
Stuart Evans and
playfulness
Per this framework, main ingredient to meaningful & flourishing lives:
Expand "the phenotypic bound on the amount of surprise people can tolerate in their lives," or: inhabit the goldilocks zone of uncertainty.
Fun paper by @PredictiveLife & @JulianKiverste1. Few other riffs:... See more
What is your play history?
Wanna skip rocks? Why yes, yes I do.
Thanks @jenncolella for the read. 🫶🏽
“While grabbing dinner with a friend can be engaging, it’s a far cry from elaborate forest ceremonies.”
How did you play as a child? How do you play now?... See more
instagram.comAbove all, people need agency. They need to feel in control. Sometimes, that means designing for subversive behavior. I mean, isn't the most fun often had when you're breaking rules? But this is enormously difficult in software, where you must design almost everythingfrom scratch. Unlike life, you don't get a common repertoire of actions for free –... See more
XH • Internet Playgrounds
Deep seriousness and deep playfulness are not opposites
anticiplay.medium.com
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men - Roald Dahl