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What is a game?

What is a game? For most people it is a way to kill time, or have some fun. It is more that that, it is a way to measure strategy in a controlled environment. Good games have rules that mostly maintain balance until an overwhelmingly good strategy is developed. While playing a simple game it also teaches social skills, no one likes a sore loser or an overbearing winner. Now my approach to life is very much a game, a very serious one where losing can be very painful. Sometimes, I jump into games that other people are in and it is like looking over someone's shoulder and telling them what the next move should be. Sometimes they are not playing by the same rules and my advise is bad, unwelcomed, or possibly harmful. I call that my lack of maturity, and it always gets me in trouble. Sometimes, I completely forget to monitor attitude during play. Usually after several successful moves I forget about the social vector. Part of the game is getting to play again, if you are in a group wh...

One step at a time

<draft> This one needs a lot work real work.    Yesterday I had a discussion with a guy that I highly respect, for the amount of work he can get done in a day. His complaint was that it did not seem like anyone else could get as much done as him. My take on it was what he did was complicated and difficult to learn, wouldn't be better to simplify the job and break it into more efficient steps. Like a bucket brigade vs each person running all the way to the pond to get a bucket of water. I know that I don't understand how things are currently done, but they appear to be inefficient and wasteful to me. I know that I am probably wrong that simple, but well coordinated steps can solve very complex problems. The only solution is to work harder than the average person can stand.