Trivial Pursuits
David Runciman: Gamification, 4 June 2026
The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game
by C. Thi Nguyen.
Allen Lane, 353 pp., £25, January,978 0 241 65397 5 Show More
by C. Thi Nguyen.
Allen Lane, 353 pp., £25, January,
“... lie in wait for unwary participants in just about any online (and indeed offline) activity. C. Thi Nguyen wants us to recognise the enormous difference between these two ways of playing. One offers rich human experiences. The other threatens to turn all human experiences into a measurable and marketable product. The reason we might muddle them up is ... ”
