I really liked this book. I'm glad it was suggested for you guys to do as a book club read. I feel like it did a good job of illucidating some really interesting ideas about games, aesthetics, systems thinking and systems literacy, and just a bunch of other stuff. I think I really liked all of it from start to finish. I was pretty excited for this episode and.. I guess I was a bit bummed out by the sort of harsh and, I think, kind of unfair criticisms that Andy had about it. For one thing, the author never said that "Everything is games." At least not that I can think of, but this falsely attributed to him multiple times. I also think that each subsection of the chapters clearly dealt with very different topics, so to say that the explanation of a theory of how knots form was the author's rebuttal to the previous subsection is... an interesting take... that I think is wrong. Personally, as someone who hasn't explicitly learned very much about models for systems thinking, I found that this section was a good, concise introduction to the general concept of systems thinking. In other words, rather than being a rebuttal to the previous section, it was an introduction that was building towards the explanation of meta-rationality.
Hey guys, really liked the idea of the book club. I didn't hate the book as much as Andy did, but also didn't like it as much as Parker. Would've been great to have listened to more Parker takes on the book, but I understand that the episode was already getting long (which I, personally, wouldn't mind). It would be great if the book club become a periodic thing (please, more than twice a year 😅). I've been on the look for something in written form that would connect me to the cube and the magic world in general, and the book club occupies this niche perfectly.
Wholeheartedly agree, I don’t usually feel this way for the show but I did feel that Andy’s negativity on the book sort of steamrolled the conversation here
Really liked the episode, didn't read along but it was a good discussion to listen to. Reading suggestion: Homo Ludens by J. Huizenga. A classic (1938) analysis of play as a core element of the generation of culture. There is a good wikipedia page, if you'd like to read a bit beforehand.
I didn't read the book, but this was an awesome episode. Going in on Parker about his Mario Kart take might be my favorite part. I take it back, i commented before finishing. DSB is top tier LPR moment.
Hey, glad to have heard this episode. I may toss out "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande. This is a book about death and aging and our medical system. It has nothing whatsoever to do with cube.
I really liked this book. I'm glad it was suggested for you guys to do as a book club read. I feel like it did a good job of illucidating some really interesting ideas about games, aesthetics, systems thinking and systems literacy, and just a bunch of other stuff. I think I really liked all of it from start to finish.
I was pretty excited for this episode and.. I guess I was a bit bummed out by the sort of harsh and, I think, kind of unfair criticisms that Andy had about it. For one thing, the author never said that "Everything is games." At least not that I can think of, but this falsely attributed to him multiple times. I also think that each subsection of the chapters clearly dealt with very different topics, so to say that the explanation of a theory of how knots form was the author's rebuttal to the previous subsection is... an interesting take... that I think is wrong. Personally, as someone who hasn't explicitly learned very much about models for systems thinking, I found that this section was a good, concise introduction to the general concept of systems thinking. In other words, rather than being a rebuttal to the previous section, it was an introduction that was building towards the explanation of meta-rationality.
Hey guys, really liked the idea of the book club. I didn't hate the book as much as Andy did, but also didn't like it as much as Parker. Would've been great to have listened to more Parker takes on the book, but I understand that the episode was already getting long (which I, personally, wouldn't mind).
It would be great if the book club become a periodic thing (please, more than twice a year 😅). I've been on the look for something in written form that would connect me to the cube and the magic world in general, and the book club occupies this niche perfectly.
Wholeheartedly agree, I don’t usually feel this way for the show but I did feel that Andy’s negativity on the book sort of steamrolled the conversation here
Really liked the episode, didn't read along but it was a good discussion to listen to. Reading suggestion: Homo Ludens by J. Huizenga. A classic (1938) analysis of play as a core element of the generation of culture. There is a good wikipedia page, if you'd like to read a bit beforehand.
The DSB take was out of this world funny. Also Mario Kart and Electrons. Great episode.
I didn't read the book, but this was an awesome episode. Going in on Parker about his Mario Kart take might be my favorite part.
I take it back, i commented before finishing. DSB is top tier LPR moment.
Hey, glad to have heard this episode. I may toss out "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande. This is a book about death and aging and our medical system. It has nothing whatsoever to do with cube.
You forgot “Maany Magic the Gaathering players ask the question: …”
This clip was from a decade old video! He didn't say it!