DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Rating: 3 of 5 stars I dove into this book excited to learn how the minds of great scientists churn but instead was reminded of the great danger that accompanies reading old science texts – lengthy discussions of crackpot theories (i.e. phrenology) and passionate defenses of well-accepted ideas (i.e. not all mental activity [...]

My Goodreads Review rating: 3 of 5 stars “Play” has saddled up alongside “innovation”, “social entrepreneurship”, and “network” as a buzzword for the early 21st century. Written decades before, however, Carse’s book is a unique and fascinating attempt to adopt the “game” as a framework for all of human behavior. The essential dichotomy is between [...]