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The Book Club

C. Thi Nguyen: How To Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game

Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026 · 45 min

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<p>In this week’s <em>Book Club</em> podcast, my guest is the philosophy professor C. Thi Nguyen, whose new book <em>The Score: How To Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game</em> asks why rules and scores and metrics are so liberating in games, yet so deadening in real life. He tells me about the societal perils of our growing dependence on quantitative information, what Aristotle got right, and what yo-yos can tell us about the meaning of life.</p><p>Become a <em>Spectator </em>subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to <a href="spectator.co.uk/follow-your-podcasts/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spectator.co.uk/adfree</a> to find out more.</p><br><p>For more <em>Spectator</em> podcasts, go to <a href="spectator.co.uk/podcasts/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spectator.co.uk/podcasts</a></p><br><p>Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk</p>

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