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“These five items, ‘the world, life, death, the present, and the future,’ are the ultimate tyrannies of human existence, to which people are in lifelong bondage as slaves.”
David Limbaugh • Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church
To requote Dr. James Carse in Finite and Infinite Games: “A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. . . Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries. . . Only that which can change can continue.”26
Dan Sullivan • 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility BY JAMES P. CARSE
Daniel H. Pink • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.
James P. Carse • Finite and Infinite Games
They remind us that we are all flitting through a lighted hall towards the great unknown,
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
a life of doing good for others is actually the most exciting life, for God calls us to find ways of doing good with a sense of creativity, competence, and adventure.
Matthew Aaron Perman • What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
John Barth’s long story “Lost in the Funhouse,”
D. T. Max • Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
An immortal person could not choose to die nor, for the same reason, choose to live. Immortality is serious and in no way playful. One’s actions can have no consequence beyond themselves. There are no surprises in the afterworld.