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The Score How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

Paperback • 2026 • English

The Score How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

By C. Thi Nguyen

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About the book

'This is the best book on the topic you'll ever find' Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple 'Games offer me the joys of complete absorption in a precise, well-defined world... and within those strictures, I find freedom.' Scoring systems are everywhere. Underpinning our daily lives - whether it's the fit bits on our wrists, likes on social media, and even school rankings - they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institut...Show more

Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Social issues
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ISBN

9780241653975

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published year

2026

Language

English

Original title

The Score How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

Format

Paperback

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