The reason to play the game is to be free of it.” — Naval Ravikant
= 人生賽局
- Be carefully selective/picky in the games you choose to play. Which game you play is much more important than how well you play the game. Fight battles you are destined to win.
- Don’t play games you don’t want to win. If you play stupid games, you will win stupid prizes. There is no value in winning when the game doesn’t matter to you. Escape the rat race cycle.
- Analogy: 夾娃娃機
- 本體 (e.g., 機台造型、擺設方式)
- 贈品 (e.g., 保夾金額、物品價值)
| Finite Game (有限賽局) | Infinite Game (無限賽局) |
|---|---|
| is short-term, soon-ending | is long-term, never-ending |
| = Zero-Sum Game (零和遊戲) 1 = Multi-Player Game = Status Game 2 | = Positive-Sum Game (正和遊戲) 3 = Single-Player Game = Wealth Game |
| You win by avoiding errors and waiting for your opponent to make errors | You win by hitting incredible/elegant shots |
| The goal is to win the game | The goal is to stay in the game and continue playing forever |
| 打敗多少人? (Competition) | 幫助多少人? (Collaboration) |
| Either WIN or LOSE (Any gain corresponds directly with an equivalent loss) |
WIN-WIN（互通有無、互利共生 (symbiosis)） |
| Egoism (Selfishness) 利己主義 | Altruism 利他主義 |
| Fixed/Scarcity Mindset | Growth/Abundance Mindset |
| 有限賽局的玩家是為了防止未來改變過去 | 無限賽局的玩家是為了讓未來改變過去 |
| Mindset | Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor | “You win, I lose” | “My success” | “I rise by outdoing others” |
| Comrade 同志；戰友 | “You win, I win” | “Our success” | “We rise by lifting others” |
- 出奇制勝結束了有限遊戲；而出乎意料則是無限遊戲繼續進行的原因
- To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. (準備應對驚喜，意味著接受訓練；準備迎接驚喜，意味著接受教育)
- While training is essential for certain scenarios, education is more important for truly navigating the complexities and uncertainties of life
- Training: A more rigid approach where you aim to minimize surprises by mastering specific skills or responses.
- 訓練是在未來重複一個已經完成的過去
- Education: A more dynamic, flexible approach that allows you to engage with and learn from surprises when they happen.
- 教育是將未完成的過去延續到未來
- Training: A more rigid approach where you aim to minimize surprises by mastering specific skills or responses.
- While training is essential for certain scenarios, education is more important for truly navigating the complexities and uncertainties of life
The 2 Types of Status by Sahil Bloom
| Earned Status Game | Bought Status Game |
|---|---|
| Could the richest person in the world acquire the thing I want by tomorrow? | Would I still be interested in buying (or doing/learning) this thing if I could not show it to anyone or tell anyone about it? |
| If the answer to this question is NO, you’re playing an Earned Status Game. | If the answer to this question is NO, you’re playing a Bought Status Game. |
| 要裡子 | 爭面子 |
Escape competition through authenticity
Everything in life has an opportunity cost
❝ CITATIONS
Carse, James P. 2012. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility. First Free Press paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Free Press. ↩
