INFINITE GAME

is the name of the standalone app : https://github.com/mixmix/infinite-game

the tarot reading drew out several elements into the light. the one that I'd been feeling in my gut was about how this thing does involve appointment times, and specific gatherings, but that's the most short-term part of the pattern to focus on. I wanted to focus on what the long term effect was. The card on the right in the tarot reading represented (for me) the calendar, the overview, but with the lens of looking back at all the things all our friends has organised, of celebrating, of being bountifully rich, and also looking forward to this continuing.

I'm really drawn to long term thinking, and virtuos cycles. Infinite game for me taps into some playfulness, while reminding you that the future is in your hands ... you are an active agent in this game. It also references an idea I was introduced by some facillitator... finite versus infinite games:

(my introducer must have been influenced by this source)

There are at least two kinds of games: finite and infinite. Finite games are those instrumental activities - from sports to politics to wars - in which the participants obey rules, recognize boundaries and announce winners and losers. The infinite game - there is only one - includes any authentic interaction, from touching to culture, that changes rules, plays with boundaries and exists solely for the purpose of continuing the game. A finite player seeks power; the infinite one displays self-sufficient strength. Finite games are theatrical, necessitating an audience; infinite ones are dramatic, involving participants...
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