Episode 148: Relationships and the concept of the game

If a game is anything with rules and a goal, then relationships
are a game. We know there is a goal, because we want things from
other people. And we know there are rules, because we can't act
however we want to get whatever we want. In this episode, I'll
respond to the most common negative reaction to the
conceptualization of relationships as a game: that "game playing"
is "immature" and "manipulative." My rebuttal is that you can't
not play, and that "maturity" and "honesty" are as much "game
playing" strategies as their opposites.


 


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