by Ben Ross | Sep 7, 2017 | Play Philosophy
My friend got married recently, so the night before we drank lots, played some party games, listened to music and generally had an evening devoted to letting down our hair and to Play. It might seem a strange question to ask, but this got me thinking about what the...
by Ben Ross | Aug 17, 2017 | Play Philosophy
I hear a lot that play is for other people. Of course, the most common refrain is that play is for children, not the adults who expound this maxim. But I also get it about lots of other groups. “It’s what parents do,” I hear from childless worker...
by Ben Ross | Jul 13, 2017 | Play Philosophy
I find the way that people don’t generally think of activities as ‘Play’ quite strange. People are very happy to say that they are ‘at work’, but they’ll rarely describe themselves as ‘playing’ – except as a...
by Ben Ross | Jul 6, 2017 | Play Philosophy
We’re living in an age with extraordinary change occurring in the workplace. While we’re all very aware of the downsides of automation and job losses, some are asking whether it has to be all negative. For generations people have asked when the propensity...
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by Liminal D | Jun 28, 2017 | Play Philosophy
Today I read the article ‘Work Isn’t the Opposite of Play’ by Ben Ross, and though I agreed with the premise, reasoning, and conclusion, I did take exception to the sentence “Further, I’d argue that to be really good at work you have to play at it.” My inference from...
by Ben Ross | Jun 22, 2017 | Play Philosophy
One of the fun things about working in Play is that you get to tell people ‘I work in Play‘. Reactions vary wildly. It’s good to see, though, that many believe that the ‘defence of play’ has already been won. When I say to these people...
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